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“endure” in Latin
ferōto bear; to carry; to support, hold up; to suffer, tolerate, endure, beartolerōto bear, endure, tolerate, put up with, support; to sustain (with the notion of barely doing so)perferōto bear, carry or convey through to a place or to the end; bring home; to convey news, announce, state; to bear, supportpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, liveperpetiorto endure (bear steadfastly), put up with, stand; to dare, venture, resist with courage and firmnessdūrōto harden, make hard; to last or endure; to dryperdūrōto harden; to endureobdūrōto harden; to persist, endure or hold outpermaneōto stay to the end, hold out; to last, continue, remain, endure, abide, persist, persevere; to survive, outlivesustentōto uphold, support, prop or sustain, maintain; to maintain or preserve by food, money, or other means; to keep in check,
The English word endure itself goes back to Latin dūrus, through indūrō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
endure
TRANS., ferre (represents to bear, with reference to the burden borne, altogether objectively; φέρειν): tolerare, perferre, pati, perpeti (with subjective reference to the state of mind of the person bearing; the tolerans and perferens bear their burden without sinking under it, with strength and self-control, synonymously with sustinens, sustaining, like τολμῶν; the patiens and perpetiens, without striving to get rid of it, with willingness or resignation enduring it, synonymously with sinens. Ferre and tolerare have only a noun for their object, but pati also an infinitive. Sustineo may also be followed by infinitive or accusative with infinitive, but mostly in a negative sentence, non sustineo, etc. Perferre is of higher import than tolerare, as perpeti is of higher import than pati, to endure heroically and patiently, Döderlein). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ferre et perpeti; pati ac ferre; pati et perferre; perpeti ac perferre. To endure with fortitude, fortiter ferre; with resignation, with fortitude, toleranter pati or ferre; animo aequo or moderato ferre; moderate, sapienter ferre; also patienter et fortiter ferre. To be able to endure hunger and cold, inediae et algoris patientem esse: to be unable to endure anything, impatientem esse alicujus rei: to endure evils, malis sufficere.
INTRANS., Vid: To LAST.
endure
INTRANS., durare: perdurare: obdurare: permanere: sustentare (to hold out, especially in war; with accusative, se, aciem, etc., or absolutely; e.g., sustentavit aliquamdiu, Suet.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for endure?
- The usual Latin words for “endure” are ferō, tolerō, perferō; also patior, perpetior, dūrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.