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καρτερ-έω

kartereo

to be steadfast, patient

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Where it lives

Laches 11 · 14.34/10k
Virtues and Vices 2 · 13.49/10k
Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
To Nicocles 1 · 3.32/10k
Archidamus 2 · 3.27/10k
Nicocles or the Cyprians 1 · 2.68/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Symposium 3 · 1.72/10k

Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καρτερ-έω · karter-eō — LSJ

to be steadfast, patient, to hold up, to be patient, temperate, refrain, persevere in, was, obdurate, obstinate, wait, wait

to be steadfast, patient, S. Ph. 1274, Men. Sam. 112, etc.; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν E. Alc. 1078, cf. Th. 7.64; κ. μάχῃ E. Heracl. 837; κ. ἐλπίδι τινός Th. 2.44: freq. with a Prep., κ. πρός τι to hold up against a thing, e.g. πρὸς ἡδονάς τε καὶ λύπας Pl. R. 556c; πρὸς λιμὸν καὶ ῥῖγος X. Cyr. 2.3.13; ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσι Isoc. 6.48, cf. Pl. La. 194a; κ. ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς to be patient or temperate in . . , Id. Lg. 635c; ἐν πολέμῳ Id. La. 193a; κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου refrain therefrom, Ael. NA 13.1

II bear patiently, endure, time for patience is over

c. acc. rei, bear patiently, endure, τὰ δʼ ἀδύναθʼ ἡμῖν καρτερεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον E. IA 1370; κ. θεοῦ δόσιν Id. Alc. 1071; τῷ σώματι τὰ συντυγχάνοντα X. Mem. 1.6.7; τὸν τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄγκον Isoc. 1.30; πολλὴν κακοπάθειαν Arist. Pol. 1278b27:—Pass., κεκαρτέρηται τἀμά my time for patience is over, E. Hipp. 1457.--In Hsch., οὐ καρτεριάδδει· οὐ φρόνιμος εἶ, should prob. be οὐ καρτερίδδει (Lacon. for καρτερίζει).

In the wild

καρτεροῦσιν · karterousin Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
καρτερεῖν · karterein Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1150a (DIORISIS sentence 2419)
καρτερεῖν · karterein Aristotle, Politics 1270b (DIORISIS sentence 711)
καρτεροῦσι · karterousi Aristotle, Politics 1278b (DIORISIS sentence 1022)
καρτερεῖν · karterein Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 27)
καρτερεῖν · karterein Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 31)

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