pertinax

See also: Pertinax

Latin

Etymology

From pertineō + -āx

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ti.naːks/, [ˈpɛrt̪ɪnäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.ti.naks/, [ˈpɛrt̪inäks]

Adjective

pertināx (genitive pertinācis, comparative pertinācior, superlative pertinācissimus, adverb pertināciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. persevering, obstinate
2. pertinacious
3. tenacious
4. steadfast

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pertināx			pertinācēs	pertinācia
Genitive	pertinācis			pertinācium
Dative	pertinācī			pertinācibus
Accusative	pertinācem	pertināx		pertinācēs	pertinācia
Ablative	pertinācī			pertinācibus
Vocative	pertināx			pertinācēs	pertinācia

Derived terms

• pertinācia

Descendants

• → Catalan: pertinaç
• → Old French: pertinace
  • → Middle English: pertinace
• → Italian: pertinace
• → Spanish: pertinaz

References

• “pertinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pertinax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pertinax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pertinax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be dogmatic; positive: pertinacem (opp. clementem) esse in disputando
    
• “pertinax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers