Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Pená-re, v. n.
1. to suffer pain, to be tormented, annoyed; 2. to tarry, to stay, to put off, to delay, to linger and while out the time; 3. to strive, to endeavour, to take great pains, to toil and moil; adj. Pená-nte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
penare: to paine, to take paines, to giue or re eiue paines. Also to linger in paine, to be in any difficultie, suspence or anguish of minde or bodie.