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paterentur

paterentur is a Latin form of patior, meaning “suffer, endure; allow”. It is the 3rd person plural imperfect passive subjunctive.

It can also be a form of pateo, “lie open, be open; extend”.

Found 61 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.6.3: … quod nondum bono animo in populum Romanum viderentur, existimabant vel vi coacturos ut per suos fines eos ire paterentur. Omnibus rebus ad profectionem comparatis diem dicunt, qua die ad ripam Rhodani omnes conveniant. is dies era …

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 9.4.21: Iam prospicere se Oceanum, iam perflare ad ipsos auram maris: ne inviderent sibi laudem, quam peteret. Herculis et Liberi Patris terminos transituros illos, regi suo parvo inpendio inmortalitatem famae daturos. Paterentur se ex India redire, non fugere.

All forms of patior (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.