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PeRSERVrS (per & servio), is, n. 4. to ] 
3 son;c or serve throughout. Vopisc. alicui. j 
I’kRc 5F.R.V6 (per &. servo), as, a. 1. topre- • 
3 serve or keep constantly. Tcrtull. pa- 
tientiam. 
PFRSr.S (TUporis), :e , m. the sun of Per¬ 
sons; who ecus the son of Jlanae. Plin. 
-IT Also, ike son of Sol and, Pcrsa, 
brother of JEetes and Circe ., and father 
of Hecate. Hygin. -IF Also, the last 
king of .Macedonia, otherwise called Per¬ 
seus. " Cic. Paulus, qui Persen vicit.- 
If Also, Persian (adjectively), or a Per¬ 
sian. Cic. Perses hostis. 
PERSEVERaBILIS (persevero), e, adj. 
3 persevering. Coil. Aurel. 
FeRSeVeRaNS, tis, particip. from perse¬ 
vere. -If Adj. persevering, persisting, 
holding out, continuing, steadfast. Cu- 
lum. lsque mos servatus est perseveran- 
tissimo colendorum agrorum studio. 
Liv. Valerius perseverhntior fuit ca;- 
dendis hostibus in fuga. 
PeRSEVERaNTER (perseverans), adv. 
2 stiffly, steadfastly, perseveringly, persist- 
ingly, irijtoooi;. Liv. Patres bene ccep- 
tamrern perseveranter tueri. Id. Vere- 
or, ne perseverantins steviant. Plin. 
Ep. Nam patrem illaruin defunctum 
quoque perseverantissime diligo. 
PeRSEVeRaNTIA (Id.), ®, f. perseve¬ 
rance, steadiness, constancy, import]. 
Cic. Retinenda est vobis constantia, 
gravitas, perseverantia. Cats. Lahore 
et perseverantia nautarum vim tempes- 
tatis superare. Justin. Perseverantia 
belli, long continuance. 
PERSE VERa'ITS (persevero), onis, f. 
3 perseverance, steadfastness, continuance. 
Apul. 
PERSEVERE (per & severe), adv. very 
strictly. Plin. Ep. 
PERSEVER5 (per & severus), as, avi, 
atum, n. and a. 1. to persevere, persist, 
hold out, remain fixed or steadfast, con¬ 
tinue, Siapivoi. Cic. in sententia. Id. 
in vitiis. Id. in errore. Plin. Ep. Se 
fuisse perseveraturum. And with abl. 
without in. Justin, bellis continuis, to 
wage incessant war. — Also, to continue 
on, h. e. continue to go. Sueton. Aqui- 
leiam usque. — With accus. to persist in, 
persevere in, continue. Cic. id. Symmach. 
religiosam observantiam. Hence, pas¬ 
sively. Justin. 1111 qnatriduo perseve- 
rata inedia est. — With ivfin. Cic. fa- 
cere injuriam.-If Also, to persist in 
a thing, stick to it, assure or assert stead¬ 
fastly ; with accus. and ivfin. Cic. Per- 
severabat, se esse Orestem.-ir See, 
also, Perseverans. 
PERSEVERES (per & severus), a, um, 
2 adj. very grave, very strict. Tacit. Impe- 
rium perseverum. 
PERSEUS (PUpo-eOf), ei and eos, m. the 
son of Jupiter and Danae. Furnished with 
the shield of Pallas and the talaria of Mer¬ 
cury, he rode through the air on the winged 
horse Pegasus, till he reached the kingdom 
of Medusa. He beheaded her with a falca¬ 
ted sioord, which he had received from Mer¬ 
cury or Vulcan. On his way homewards, 
he rescued Andromeda from a sea-monster 
to which she was exposed, and, in return 
for this service, received her in marriage. 
He finally became a constellation. Ovid. 
&c.-IT Also, the last king of Macedo¬ 
nia, the illegitimate son of Philippus. He 
was conquered by the Roman commander 
JEmilius. Liv. — IT Dat. Persi (contr. 
from Persei). Liv. 
PERSEOS, a, um, adj. HepacTos, Pcrscan, 
relating or belonging to Perseus. Propert. 
ora Phorcidos. Slat. Argi, h. e. where 
Acrisius, grandfather of Perseus, reigned. 
Id. mons, h. e. Aphesas, a mountain of 
Nemee, whence Perseus and Pegasus took 
their flight,. Lucan. Tarsos, h. e. founded 
by Perseus. -IT Also, Persian, belong¬ 
ing to Persia. Lucan. Babylon. 
PeRSHC, re, f. Persia. Plant. 
PERSIaNOS, a, um, adj. of the poet Per- 
sius. Lactant. - IT Persian® aqure, 
were perhaps near Carthage. Apul. 
PeRSICCaTOS (per & siccatus), a, um, 
3 particip. quite or very much dried. Apul. 
PERSICCOS (per & siccus), a, um, adj. 
2 very dry. Cels. 
PERSICE (Persicus), adv. after the manner 
or in the speech of the Persians. Quiniil. 
Loqui Persice, to speak Persian. 
PERSICE portions. See Persicus. 
PERSICOS (PUpo-i/cdf), a, um, adj. of or 
3 pertaining to Persia, Persian. Juvenal. 
regna. Horat. apparatus. Cic. Ex Per- 
sicis [libris] Dinonis (where, if libris 
be not genuine, Persicis is neutr. and 
means Persian history). Plin. Persicama- 
lus ; or, Colum. Persicus, i, f. the peach- 
tree. Plin. Persicum (neutr.), the peach. 
Plant. Portus Persicus, the sea by Euboea, 
where the Persian fleet stood. Cic. Persi¬ 
ce (HepciKi]) porticos, li. e. a portico, 
properly in Lacedccmon, which was built 
out of spoils taken from the Persians; and 
then, with an allusion to this, a gallery 
at Brutus’s country-seat. In Macrob. 2, 
15. Persica malus, same as Me.di.ca ct 
citrea. — —- IT Also, of or pertaining to 
Perseus,king of Macedonia. Cic. beilum. 
PIRSIDE5, es, edi, essum, n. 2. same as 
Persedeo. Plin. 
PERSID5 (per & sido), is, edi, essum, n. 
3 3. to sink down, settle down, penetrate, de¬ 
scend into. Lucret. Pestilitas fruges per- 
sidit in ipsas. Id. (Luo pacto persede- 
rit humor aquai. Virg. Imber altius 
ad vivum persedit. 
PERSIGN5 (per & signo), as, a. I. to note 
2 down, record. Liv. dona. -IT Also, 
to marl;, h. e. make marks upon or all over. 
Mela, ornne corpus notis. 
PERSIMILIS (per Sc similis), e, adj. very 
like. Without case. Cic. With 'gen¬ 
ii. Id. With dat. Horat. 
PeRSTMPLeX (per& simplex), Xcis, adj. 
2 very simple, very plain. Tacit. Persim- 
plicivictu tolerare vitam. 
PeRSIS, Idis or Idos, adj. f. Persian. Ov¬ 
id. rates. — Hence, Claudian. Persides, 
sc. fern in®, Persian women. — Also, sc. 
terra, strictly, a province of Persia, Per¬ 
sia proper, now Fars, or Farsistan; but 
used also for Persia. Virg. and Plin. 
PERSISTS (per & sisto), is, n. 3. to per- 
2 sist, persevere, hold out, continue stead¬ 
fast, remain, typei/co. Liv. In eadem 
impudentia persistas.-IT The prete¬ 
rit persiiti is common to this verb 
with Pcrsto, which see. 
PERSITES, ®, m. a species of tithymalus. 
3 Apul. 
PERSIES, ii, m. an orator contemporary 
with Lucilius. Cic. •- IT A. Persius 
Flaccus, a well-known satirical poet, who 
flourished in the time of J\Tero. 
PERSOLATA, ®,f. Verbascum ferrugine- 
um, a species of mullein, Ait.. Plin. - 
IT Some read Persollata. 
PERSSLTD5, as, a. 1. to make solid. Stat. 
3 irnbres, congeal, turn to ice. 
PERSoLLA (diinin. from persona), ®, f. 
3 a little mask, as a word of abuse. Plant. 
PERSOLLATA. See Persolata. 
PeRSoLVS (per & solvo), is, solvi, solu- 
tum, a. and n. 3. to solve, unravel, ex¬ 
plain. Cic. Si mihi hoc £>j rqpa ( h. e. 
qusstionem) persolveris. - IT Also, 
to pay, pay completely, 6ia\vcn. Tacit. 
pecitniam alicui. Cic. stipendium mul¬ 
tibus. Sallust, alienis nominibus suis 
copiis, to pay (for) the debts of others. 
Cic. peouniam alicui ab aliquo, to pay a 
sum with another’s money, for instance, 
with money borrowed from another; 
otherwise, to pay by an order or draught 
upon some one. — Figur. to pay, to give, 
show or render what is due to another, 
discharge. Virg. grates dignas. Cic. 
meritam diis immortalibus gratiam jus- 
tis honoribus. Virg. lionorem (h. e. sa- 
crificium) diis. Senec. inferias alicui. 
Sueton. mortem alicui, to put to death. 
Cic. posnas diis hominibusque meritas, 
to pay to gods and men, h. e. suffer the 
punishment they had a right to exact. Cws. 
pcenas, to suffer punishment. Cic. vota, 
to discharge, fulfil. Id. Quod huic pro- 
! misi, id a vobis ei persolvere. Id. Per- 
solvi prim® epistols, I have paid for the 
first letter, h. e. have answered it. - 
IT Persohtere, for persolvere, Ovid. ; 
Persoluenda,/or persolvenda. Albiuov. 
, PeRSoLOS (per & solus), a, um, adj. quite 
alone. Plant, oculus, my only eye 
i (where the o is shortened). 
. PERSOLuTA, ®, f. an Egyptian plant, used 
, 2 for making wreaths. Plin. 
PERSOLuTOS, a, um, particip. from per- 
• solvo. 
. PERSONA (from persono, are, changing 
the quantity of the penult), *, f. a mask, 
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used especially by players, npogont 
eiov, Tcpoiumnv. The masks worn by 
players covered the whole head, and 
were different according to the different 
age, dignity, sex, &c. of the persona 
represented. Cic. Used, also, by oth¬ 
ers. Plin. Alicui personam capiti adji- 
cere, clap a mask upon him, that he may 
not see. Proverb. Martial. Personam 
capiti detraliet ilia (Proserpina) tuo. — 
Hence, the character, personage or part 
represented by the actor. Terent. Para- 
siti persona. Id. Si personis iisdem uti 
aiiis non licet. -TT Also, the charac¬ 
ter, part, personage which a man plays or 
represents in the world ; it may be ren¬ 
dered, character, part, standing, office, 
Sec. Cic. Petitoris personam capere, 
accusatoris deponere. Liv. Personam 
quadruplatoris ferre, to play the part of 
(h. e. to be) a chicaner. Id. Personam 
alienam ferre, to play an assumed, unnat¬ 
ural part. Cic. Quarn magnum est per¬ 
sonam in republica tueri principis ! to 
support the character of a leading man. 
Id. Non infirmatas ingenii sustinet tan- 
tam personam, so important a character, 
so great apart, h.e. such a high dignity. 
Id? Personam sibi accominodare ; or, 
Personam suscipere, to take, undertake a 
part. Id. imponere alicui, to lay upon, 
attribute, assign. Id. gerere, or tenere, 
represent a character, play a part.. — Al¬ 
so, character or personage, h. e. a man 
who plays a certain part; fi gur. A r epos. 
Altera persona, sed tamen secunda, a 
second chief personage. Cic. Id, quod 
quaque persona dignum est, of each char¬ 
acter or personage in a poem. -- IT Al¬ 
so, person ■; as we say, my, thy, his per¬ 
son, h. e. I, thou, he. With the genit. 
or mea, tua, Sec. Cic. Causam belli in 
persona tuabconstitisse, h. e. in you. Id. 
Ut mea persona aliquid videretur ha¬ 
bere populate. Id. In nostra persona. 
Id. In ejus personam multa fecit aspe- 
rius, against or towards his person, against 
him . IT Without genit. and without 
mea, tua, &c. person, h.e. man, with 
reference to his station, character, &c. 
Cic. Personarum, quas defendunt, for 
hominum (and oftener in Cic.). — But 
sometimes, as it seems, simply, a per 
son, individual. Sueton. Continuantes 
unumquodque (prtenomen) per ternas 
• personas. Pandect. Omne jus vel ad 
personas pertinet, vel ad res, &c. — Al¬ 
so, person, in grammar. Quintil. - 
IT Also, image, of clay, &c. representing 
a man. Lucret. an d Martial. 
PERSoNALIS (persona), e, adj. personal, 
3 in law. Pandect. — Also, personal, in 
grammar. Diomed. 
PERSoNALITER (personalis), adv. per- 
3 sonally. Amob.—A\so, in grammar. Gell. 
PERSONaTA, ffi,f. a kind of burdock. Co¬ 
il lum. — Personacia, the same. Apul. 
PERSoNATOS (persona), a, um, adject. 
masked, in a mask, bnoSeSvKws, b iv irpo;- 
lomito. Cic. Qui personatum ne Ros- 
cium' quidem magnopere laudabant. 
Horat. Personatus pater, h. e. represent¬ 
ed in the play. -IT Figur. masked, in 
an assumed character. Cic. Quid est au- 
tem, cur ego personatus ambulem? — 
Also, assumed, affected, pretended, put on, 
counterfeited.. Senec. felicitas. Martial. 
fastus. 
TRS5N5 (per & sono), as, in, ltum, n. 
and a. 1. to sound through, fill with sound 
or noise, make to resound. Virg. Cerbe¬ 
rus h®c regna personat. Horat. aurem, 
scream into my ear. Tacit. Amcenalitorurn 
personan tes.- IT Also, to sound through, 
sound loudly, resound, ring. Cic. Homes 
cantu personabat. Id. Aures personam 
liujusmodi vocibus. Liv. Id totis per¬ 
sonabat castris, sounded throughtlie whole 
camp. - IT Also, to cry out, cry aloud, 
utter with a loud voice. Sil. HffiC perso 
nat. ardens. Cic. Ill® personarit, hue 
libidinem esse prolapsum, cry out., fry 
aloud, that, &c. - IT Also, to make a 
sound or noise upon a musical instrument, 
sound, play. Virg. Cithara Topas perso¬ 
nat. — With accus. to make to sound, 
sound. Apul. Classicum personavit, 
gave the signal for battle. IT Perso 
vit, for personuit. Apul. 
ER80N0S (per & sonus), a, um, adj. re 
sounding, making a loud noise, rmgin a 
