pertendo

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Latin

Etymology

From per- (through, along; during) +‎ tendō (stretch, strive for).

Pronunciation

Verb

pertendō (present infinitive pertendere, perfect active pertendī, future participle pertēnsūrus); third conjugation

  1. to persevere or persist

Conjugation

References

  • pertendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pertendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pertendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.