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• suffer:

A. Trans.:

I. To bear (conveying an idea of patience or strength):

1. pătior, passus, 3: to s. a very severe punishment, gravissimum supplicium p., Caes. B. G. 2, 30: to do and s. bravely, et facere et p. fortia, Liv. 2, 12, med.: cf. Cic. Tim. 6, med.: pain is hard to s., dolor ad patiendum difficilis, Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 18: Gaul s.s all the injuries of war patiently, G. omnes aequo animo belli patitur injurias, id. Phil. 12, 4, 19.
2. fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre: to s. misfortunes, calamitates f., Nep. Tim. 4: fortune must be overcome by s.ing, superanda fortuna ferendo est, Virg. Aen. 5, 710: to s. ills, mala f., Ov. Trist. 4, 6, 37: v. to bear.
3. perfĕro: by s.ing cold, hunger, thirst, loss of rest, frigore et fame et siti ac vigiliis perferendis, Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9.
4. perpĕtior, pessus, 3: I have stated that I will s. anything, affirmavi quidvis me perpessurum, id. Fam. 2, 16: Caes. Join: p. ac perfero, id. de Or. 2, 19, 77.
5. tŏlĕro, 1: to s. hunger, t. famem, Caes. B. G. 1, 28: to s. need, t. inopiam, Sall. C. 37: to s. poverty, t. egestatem, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 57.
6. sustĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: you do not know what miseries I s., non tu scis quantum malarum rerum s., id. Merc. 2, 4, 8: to s. troubles, s. dolores, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, med. Join: ferre s.que, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16. Phr.: not to be able to s. any one, alieno animo esse ab aliquo, id. Deiot. 9, 24: habere animum alienum ab aliquo, id. Am. 8, fin.: ... such faults, abhorrere a talibus vitiis, Cic. Fat. 4, 8: v. detest, insufferable.

II. To undergo (of the fact, without reference to feelings or conduct):

1. suffĕro, sustŭli, sublātum, sufferre, 3: to s. punishment, s. poenam, Cic. Cat. 2, 13,. 28: to s. stripes, s. plagas, Plaut. Asin. 3, 2, 11.
2. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: to s. a misfortune, a. calamitatem, Cic. Off. 3, 26, 99: to s. an injury, a. injuriam, ib. 1, 11, 33: to s. pain, a. dolorem, id. Dom. 36, 97: to s. defeat, a. cladem, Curt. 4, 12.
3. făcio, fēci, factum, 3 (with damnum, detrimentum, jacturam, naufragium): to s. loss, f. dam., Cic. Brut. 33, 125: to s. damage, f. detr., id. Verr. 4, 9, 20: to s. shipwreck, f. naufr., id. Fam. 16, 9: to s. a most serious loss, jacturam gravissimam f., Plin. Ep. 1, 12: Cic.
4. sŭbeo, īvi or ii, ĭtum, 4: to s. whatever risk fortune offers, quemcunque tulerit fors casum s., Cic. Att. 8, 1: v. undergo.
5. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (to s. voluntarily): to s. pain, dolorem s., id. Fin. 1, 7, 24: to s. annoyance on any one's behalf, s. molestiam pro aliquo, id. Caecin. 8, 17.
6. exsĕquor, sĕcūtus, 3: to s. death, e. mortem, Plaut. Pseud. 4, 2, 38.
7. affĭcior, fectus, 3: to s. exile, exilio a., Cic. Par. 4, 31: s.ing the greatest annoyance, maximâ molestiâ affectus, id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: to s. want, pain, cold, thirst, etc.: egeo, doleo, frigeo, sitio, etc.

III. To allow, let, permit:

1. pătior: he s.'d no day to pass without speaking, nullum patiebatur esse diem quin diceret, Cic. Brut. 88, 302: I will not s. it at all, non feram, non patiar, non sinam, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10: with ut and subj.: Caes. B. G. 1, 45.
2. fĕro: with acc. and inf.: Hor. Epod. 15, 13: to s. the insolence of any one, contumaciam alicujus f., Cic. Att. 6, 3: who could s. this? hoc quis f. possit? Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10: v. allow.
3. sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3: s. me to speak, if you please, sine sis loqui me, Plaut. Pseud. 3, 2, 50: Cic.: Hor.: Virg.: with subj. without ut after the imperative: Hor.: Virg.: v. let.
4. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3: Cic.: Liv.: etc.: v. to permit. Phr.: the matter s.s no delay, res dilationem non recipit, Liv. 7, 14: non patitur, id. 35, 25: tigers s. themselves to be whipped, indulgent patientiam flagello tigres, Mart. 1, 105.

B. Intr.:

I. To be in pain or trouble:

1. expr. by mala, dolorem ferre or pati: see examples under A., I.
2. affĭcior, fectus, 3 (with abl., to s. from any thing): the army had s.'d from disease exercitus pestilentia affectus erat, Liv. 41, 5 he s.s from pains in the feet, pedum doloribus a., Cic. Fam. 6, 19: to s. from cholic, torminibus a., Plin. 29, 5, 33: esp. in part.: cf. Cic. Div. 1, 30, 63: Suet.
3. lăbōro, 1: abs., Cic. Att. 7, 2: to s. in the bowels, ex intestinis l., Cic. Fam. 7, 26: to s. from (be opprest by) debt, l. ex aere alieno, Caes. B. C. 3, 22: to s. from cruelty, l. crudelitate, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, fin.: to s. from (labour under) hatred and contempt, odio, contemptu l., Liv. 6, 2.
4. prĕmor, pressus, 3: to s. from envy and hatred, invidia et odio p., Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228: to s. from debt or oppression, aere alieno aut injuria p., Caes. B. G. 6, 12.
5. aegrōto, 1: aeger sum (to s. from disease: Lit. and Fig.): v. sick, ill.
6. crŭcior, 1 (to s. severely): Cic.: Liv.: Ov.: v. torment (v.). Phr.: the regiment s.'d in the engagements, legio proeliis attenuata est, Caes. B. C. 3, 89: the ships which had s.'d most severely, quae gravissime afflictae erant naves, id. B. G. 4, 31: that the public interests may not s., ne quid detrimenti res publica capiat, id. B. C. 1, 5: public credit having already s.'d, labefacta jam fide, Suet. Vesp. 4: that the dignity of the state may not s., ne quid de dignitate rei p. minuatur, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13: the ships s.'d much in the storm, tempestas naves afflictavit, Caes. B. G. 4, 29.

II. To be punished: poenas pendo, do, luo, persolvo: the state s.'d severely for its foolish joy, civitas stultae laetitiae graves poenas dedit, Sall. C. 51: v. punish. Phr.: a kind of death s.'d by many, celebratum mortis genus, Tac. H. 2, 49, fin.: to make one s. for a fault, poenas ab aliquo expetere ob delictum, Cic. Marc. 6, 18.

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