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“forbear” in Latin
mittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge; to put out, extend, reach out (one's hand); to announce, telabstineōto abstain; to keep, stay off or away, hold at a distance, avoid; to allow, letindulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), inpatiorto suffer, endure, tolerate; to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit; to exist, livemītismild, mellow, mature, ripe; sweet, juicy, succulent; light, fruitful, mellow.; calm, gentle, placid
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
forbear
TRANS. and INTRANS.
To cease from anything, desist, desinere aliquid, or with infinitive (to desist from anything, opposed to coepisse): desistere aliqua re, ab or de aliqua re, or with infinitive: absistere aliqua re, or with infinitive (to leave off; absistere not in Cic., according to Görenz, Cic., Legg., 1, 13, 39): mittere, with infinitive (to give over, to leave off; e.g., requesting or begging, mitto orare; also, desisto rogare; absisto petere). Sometimes parcere (as, parce, sis, fidem ac jura belli jactare, Liv.). [Vid: To CEASE.]
To avoid, Vid: Reason teaches us what to do and what to forbear, ratio docet, quid faciendum fugiendumque sit.
To abstain from, abstinere or se abstinere (a) re: se continere a re (to keep back from anything): temperare sibi, quominus etc.: I cannot forbear, temperare mihi non possum, quominus etc.; sibi temperare or se continere non posse, quin; a se impetrare non posse, quin, etc.: to forbear shedding tears, lacrimas tenere; temperare a lacrimis (Verg., Aen., 2, 8; in Liv., 30, 20, temperare, lacrimis = to moderate one’s tears).
To pause, Vid:
Forbearing, indulgens: patiens: mitis. To be forbear toward anybody, indulgentia tractare or indulgenter habere aliquem: to be too forbearing, nimis or nimium indulgere alicui.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for forbear?
- The usual Latin words for “forbear” are mittō, abstineō, indulgeō; also patior, mītis. 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.