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Latin
Etymology
From sub- + teneō (“hold; restrain”). Compare, on composition and meaning, with the later formed subteneō (“to hold underneath”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sustineō (present infinitive sustinēre, perfect active sustinuī, supine sustentum); second conjugation
- to hold up or upright, uphold, support, sustain
- Synonyms: sustentō, teneo, concipio, capesso, subsistō, suffero, capio, retineo
- to keep up, bear up, tolerate
- Synonyms: tolerō, sino, patio, accipio, recipio, subeo, perpetior, sufferō, sustentō, suscipiō, perfero, dūrō, ferō
- to hold or keep back or in, stay, check, restrain, control
- to keep back, put off, defer, delay
- to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve
- Synonyms: teneo, retineo, capio, comprehendo, obsideo, servo
- to guard, protect
- Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, dēfendō, adsum, tueor, ēripiō, arceō, servō, prohibeō
- Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō
- to undergo, endure, deign, withstand, hold out
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References
- “sustineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sustineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sustineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bring horses to the halt when at full gallop: equos incitatos sustinere
- to fulfil the duties of one's position: munus explere, sustinere
- to bear the blame of a thing: culpam alicuius rei sustinere
- to hold out for four months: obsidionem quattuor menses sustinere
- to resist the attack, onset: impetum sustinere (B. G. 1. 26)
- to stop rowing; to easy: sustinere, inhibere remos (De Or. 1. 33)
- sustineo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016