hold out Copy link Outline I. To presentII. To endure1. sustĭneo, 22. perfĕro, 3, irr. (usu. with an acc.)3. rĕsisto, 34. dūro, 1 (to last out)5. obdūro, 1 (to persist) • hold out: I. To present: v. to hold forth. II. To endure: 1. sustĭneo, 2: they (the besieged) could no longer h. out, sese diutius s. non posse, Caes. B. G. 2, 6, extr.: Cic. Fam. 12, 6, extr.: oftener an acc., such as vim hostium, impetum, is added: v. to withstand. Simly. frequent., sustento, 1 (implying frequent attacks): had they not been relieved, they could not have held out any longer, nec nisi subventum foret, ultra sustentaturi fuerint, Liv. 34, 18. 2. perfĕro, 3, irr. (usu. with an acc.): v. to endure. 3. rĕsisto, 3: v. to resist. 4. dūro, 1 (to last out): v. to endure. 5. obdūro, 1 (to persist): Join: perferre et obdurare, Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 7: Cic.