Latin

Verb

sustineō ‎(present infinitive sustinēre, perfect active sustinuī, supine sustentum); second conjugation

1. I hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up, support, sustain, tolerate.
2. I hold or keep back or in, stay, check, restrain, control.
3. I keep back, put off, defer, delay.
4. I uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve; guard, protect.
5. I undergo, endure, deign, withstand, hold out.

Inflection

Derived terms

• sustentō
• sustinēns
• sustinentia

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Descendants

References

• sustineo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sustineo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sustineo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bring horses to the halt when at full gallop: equos incitatos sustinere
    
  • to fulfil the duties of one's position: munus explere, sustinere
    
  • to bear the blame of a thing: culpam alicuius rei sustinere
    
  • to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
    
  • to resist the attack, onset: impetum sustinere (B. G. 1. 26)
    
  • to stop rowing; to easy: sustinere, inhibere remos (De Or. 1. 33)
    
• sustineo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016