per-tĭnax — Lewis & Short
that holds fast
The corpus record — Latin
pertinax
pertinax · adj
that holds fast
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Distribution
- Helvius Pertinax 45 · 173.08/10k
- Didius Julianus 14 · 88.05/10k
- Praefatio 1 · 42.74/10k
- Antoninus Geta 4 · 32.52/10k
- Clodius Albinus 5 · 18.5/10k
- Severus 7 · 16.62/10k
- Opilius Macrinus 4 · 16.06/10k
- Antoninus Caracallus 3 · 14.69/10k
- Pescennius Niger 2 · 8.78/10k
- Commodus Antoninus 3 · 8.66/10k
- Diadumenus Antoninus 1 · 5.99/10k
- Domitianus 2 · 5.81/10k
Densest 12 of 65 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
Attestations
- pertinax Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.2.17
- pertinacius Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.9.6
- pertinacius Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.11.1
- pertinaci Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.5.14
- pertinaci Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.8.19
- pertinaci Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.10.10
6 of 323 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
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