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sustineō

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subs (see sub)+ teneo

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sustineō tinuī, tentus, ēre Source etymology: subs (see sub)+ teneo , to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain : umeris bovem: arma membraque, L.: infirmos baculo artūs, O.: manibus clipeos, O.: lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, H.: aër volatūs alitum sustinet: iam se sustinere non posse, i. e. to stand , Cs.: se a lapsu, L.: se alis, O.— To hold back, keep in, stay, check, restrain, control : currum equosque: remos: manum, O.: a iugulo dextram, V.: aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit, L.: perterritum exercitum, Cs.: se ab omni adsensu, i. e. refrain . —Fig., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve : civitatis dignitatem et decus: causam publicam: trīs personas, characters : (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram, V.— To furnish with means of support, nourish, sustain, support, maintain : hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur ac sustinemur: qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere: meretriculae munificentiā sustineri, L.: hinc patriam parvosque Penatīs Sustinet, V.: plebem, L.— To bear, undergo, endure, tolerate, hold out, withstand : sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: nec sustinuissent Romani, nisi, etc., L.: labores: certamen, L.: vim hostium, N.: volnera, Cs.: senatus querentes eos non sustinuit, L.: iusta petentem deam, O.: ultra certamen, sustain the conflict longer , L.: sustineri ira non potuit, quin, etc., L.: non artūs Sustinuit spectare parens, O.: nec sustinet ullus queri, O.: conloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit, Cu.: quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit, presumed , O.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus . . . non credidisse?— To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain, keep back : est igitur prudentis sustinere impetum benevolentiae: hostium impetum, Cs.: consilio bellum, avoided , L. — To put off, defer, delay : sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani: ad noctem oppugnationem, Cs.: rem in noctem, L.

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An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890) — Perseus Digital Library
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