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patior.

to suffer, endure, tolerate

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpa.ti.ɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈpat.t͡si.or]
  1. to suffer, endure, tolerate

    conjugation-3 · deponent · transitive
  2. to allow, acquiesce, permit, submit

    conjugation-3 · deponent · transitive
    Patere lēgem quam ipse fēcistī / tulistī.
  3. to exist, live

    conjugation-3 · deponent · intransitive
    Pati sine regno
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Apparently denominative from Proto-Italic *patos, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₁-tós, participle of *peh₁- (“to hurt”), though this morphology would be highly irregular. Cognate with paene, paeniteō, pēnūria, Ancient Greek πῆμα (pêma), πηρός (pērós), Old English feond (“devil, enemy”) (English fiend), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”), Proto-Slavic *patiti (“to suffer, to fare misfortune”). An alternative theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *pet- (“to fly, fall”), with semantic shift "to befall" > "to experience" > "to suffer".

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