verb transitive intransitive

per-dūro

2nd PP per-dūrāre · 3rd PP per-dūrāvi · 4th PP per-dūrātum · conj. 1st

to make hard; to harden •

Act., to make hard, to harden (late Lat.): teneras plantas, Prud. Psych. 447.—

Neutr; to last; hold out poetic ••

Neutr., to last or hold out, to endure (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: obduro, perfero), Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 27: perdurare non posse, Suet. Ner. 24: perdurandi pervicacia, Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 147: longum probitas perdurat in aevum, Ov. Med. Fac. 49: mora perduratura, Stat. Th. 1, 142: non perdurasse in senectutem, Sen. Ben. 7, 28: cotidie unanimiter in templo, abide, continue, Vulg. Act. 2, 46.

Perseus ID: n34826 Key: perduro