perpessio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

perpessĭo, ōnis, f. [perpetior],

a bearing , suffering , enduring : harum rerum perpessio, Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: laborum, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163: rerum arduarum ac difficilium, id. ib.: dolorum, id. Fin. 1, 15, 49: fortitudinis patientia et perpessio et tolerantia rami sunt, Sen. Ep. 67, 10: malae valetudinis et dolorum gravissimorum, id. ib. 66, 47.

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