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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be steadfast]], [[be patient]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1274</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>112</span>, etc.; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1078</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.64</span>; κ. μάχῃ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>837</span>; κ. ἐλπίδι τινός <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>: freq. with a Prep., <b class="b3">καρτερέω πρός τι</b> to [[hold up]] against a thing, e.g. πρὸς ἡδονάς τε καὶ λύπας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>556c</span>; πρὸς λιμὸν καὶ ῥῖγος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.13</span>; ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσι <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">La.</span>194a</span>; <b class="b3">καρτερέω ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς</b> to [[be patient]] or [[be temperate]] in... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 635c</span>; ἐν πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">La.</span>193a</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου</b> [[refrain]] therefrom, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>13.13</span>: c. part., [[persevere in]] doing, οἱ δ' ἐκαρτέρουν πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζοντες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1395</span>; κ. ἀναλίσκων ἀργύριον φρονίμως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>192e</span>; ἀκούων <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.241</span>; κ. ἐν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.32</span>; also <b class="b3">τὰ δείν' ἐκαρτέρουν</b> [[was]] strangely [[obdurate]] or [[obstinate]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>650</span>: in later Prose meaning little more than [[wait]], [[καρτέρει καὶ θεώρει]] = [[wait and see]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>7.17</span>; οὐ κ. μέχρι θαλάμων ἐλθεῖν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.291</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. rei, [[bear patiently]], [[endure]], τὰ δ' ἀδύναθ' ἡμῖν καρτερεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1370</span>; κ. θεοῦ δόσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1071</span>; τῷ σώματι τὰ συντυγχάνοντα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.6.7</span>; τὸν τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄγκον <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.30</span>; πολλὴν κακοπάθειαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1278b27</span>:—Pass., [[κεκαρτέρηται τἀμά]] = [[my time for patience is over]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1457</span>.--In Hsch., <b class="b3">οὐ καρτεριάδδει· οὐ φρόνιμος εἶ</b>, should prob. be <b class="b3">οὐ καρτερίδδει</b> (Lacon. for [[καρτερίζει]]).</span>