sustineatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sustineo, sustinere, sustinui, sustentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
support; check; put off; put up with; sustain; hold back;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...gratiam servat nisi modesta victoria. nostra potissimum clementia sustineatur, ne illius alii misereantur. Facilis, ut animadvertere vos spero..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...nudos quatit ille lacertos, Et trepidat nec, quo sustineatur, habet. Decidit, atque cadens 'pater, o pater, auferor!' inquit..."