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sustinerent

sustinerent is a Latin form of sustineo, meaning “hold up, endure; delay”. It is the 3rd person plural imperfect active subjunctive.

Found 26 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.11.4: Hi novissimos adorti et multa milia passuum prosecuti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt, cum ab extremo agmine, ad quos ventum erat, consisterent fortiterque impetum nostrorum militum sustinerent,

All forms of sustineo (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.