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sustineri

sustineri is a Latin form of sustineo, meaning “hold up, endure; delay”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 56 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.31.13: Hominem esse barbarum, iracundum, temerarium: non posse eius imperia, diutius sustineri.

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.