I.to stay to the end; to hold out, last, continue, endure, remain; to persist, persevere (class.; syn.: persto, persevero).
(α).
Absol.: “ut quam maxime permaneant diuturna corpora,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108; id. Fin. 2, 27, 87: “ira tam permansit diu,” Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25; Sall. J. 5, 5: “Athenis jam ille mos a Cecrope permansit,” Cic. Leg. 2, 25, 63.—With ad: “verris octo mensium incipit salire: permanet, ut id recte facere possit, ad trimum,” Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8: “perdiuturna, permanens ad longinquum et immensum paene tempus,” Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 85; so, “ad posteros nostros, Decret. Tergest. 2, 26: solus ad extremos permanet ille rogos,” Ov. A. A. 2, 120: “ad numerum,” Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105.— With in and acc.: “ultima quae mecum seros permansit in annos,” Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 73.— With adv. quo: “quo neque permaneant animae neque corpora nostra,” Lucr. 1, 122; v. Lachm. ad h. l.—
(β).
With in and abl.: “Seleucus in maritimā orā permanens,” Liv. 37, 21: “in voluntate,” Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: “in pristinā sententiā,” id. Att. 1, 20, 3: “in proposito susceptoque consilio,” id. Off. 1, 31, 112: “in officio,” Caes. B. G. 5, 4.—*