per-dūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
- I. Act., to make hard, to harden (late Lat.): teneras plantas, Prud. Psych. 447.
- II. 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.