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