pertinacius

pertinacius is a Latin form of pertinax, meaning “persistent, stubborn, obstinate”. It is the comparative adjective or nominative singular neuter comparative adjective or vocative singular neuter comparative adjective or accusative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.13.2: … s interpositi proeliarentur, cum constantius universi paludem transissent paucisque resistentibus interfectis pertinacius reliquam multitudinem essent insecuti, perterriti non solum ei qui aut comminus opprimebantur aut eminus vuln …

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 7.2.32: Diu id negatum est Cleandri metu, ne offenderet regem. Pertinacius deinde precantibus materiem consternationis subtrahendam ratus capite deciso truncum humare permisit: ad regem caput missum est.

All forms of pertinax (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.