καρτερέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
καρτερέω
Structure:
καρτερέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be steadfast, patient, staunch, to hold up against, to persevere in, obdurate or obstinate
- to bear patiently, time for patience is over
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἔτι δὲ ἀνδρείασ ἐστὶ καὶ τὸ πονεῖν καὶ καρτερεῖν καὶ αἱρεῖσθαι ἀνδραγαθίζεσθαι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 19:1)
- ἐγκρατείασ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ δύνασθαι κατασχεῖν τῷ λογισμῷ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὁρμῶσαν ἐπὶ φαύλασ ἀπολαύσεισ καὶ ἡδονάσ, καὶ τὸ καρτερεῖν, καὶ τὸ ὑπομονητικὸν εἶναι τῆσ κατὰ φύσιν ἐνδείασ καὶ λύπησ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 21:2)
- πολέμιον αἷμα καὶ Μακεδονικὸν πῦρ εἰσ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ὑποδέχεσθαι ἦν οὐ καλόν, οὐδὲ σιωπᾶν καὶ καρτερεῖν ὁρῶντα καταδυομένην ὥσπερ ναῦν τὴν πόλιν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 27:1)
- ἑώρα γάρ, οἶμαι, τούτουσ περὶ τοῦ καρτερεῖν καὶ ἀνέχεσθαι τοὺσ πόνουσ πολλὰ διεξιόντασ, ἰδίᾳ δὲ τὴν Ἡδονὴν θεραπεύοντασ, καὶ μέχρι τοῦ λόγου νεανιευομένουσ, οἴκοι δὲ κατὰ τοὺσ τῆσ Ἡδονῆσ νόμουσ βιοῦντασ, αἰσχυνομένουσ μὲν εἰ φανοῦνται χαλῶντεσ τοῦ τόνου καὶ προδιδόντεσ τὸ δόγμα, πεπονθότασ δὲ ἀθλίουσ τὸ τοῦ Ταντάλου, καὶ ἔνθα ἂν λήσειν καὶ ἀσφαλῶσ παρανομήσειν ἐλπίσωσιν, χανδὸν ἐμπιμπλαμένουσ τοῦ ἡδέοσ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 21:6)
- τοὐντεῦθεν ποικίλα τὰ γυμνάσια ἐπινοήσαντεσ καὶ διδασκάλουσ ἑκάστων ἐπιστήσαντεσ τὸν μέν τινα πυκτεύειν, τὸν δὲ παγκρατιάζειν διδάσκομεν, ὡσ τούσ τε πόνουσ καρτερεῖν ἐθίζοιντο καὶ ὁμόσε χωρεῖν ταῖσ πληγαῖσ μηδὲ ἀποτρέποιντο δέει τῶν τραυμάτων. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 24:4)
Synonyms
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to bear patiently