SUSTINENTES, sustinentes
Sounds Like: soos-tin-EN-tays
Translations: sustaining, supporting, enduring, upholding, bearing, those sustaining, those supporting
From the root: SUSTINEO
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: SUSTINENTES is the present active participle of the Latin verb SUSTINEO. It describes an ongoing action of holding up, supporting, enduring, or bearing. It can function adjectivally, modifying a noun, or adverbially, indicating an action performed concurrently with the main verb. For example, it could mean 'those who are sustaining' or 'while sustaining'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Plural, All genders
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SUSTINEO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- SUSTINEO — sustain, support, uphold, endure, bear, maintain, hold up, keep up, withstand
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