A.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.NA13.13: c. part., persevere in doing, “οἱ δ᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζοντες” E.IT1395; “κ. ἀναλίσκων ἀργύριον φρονίμως” Pl.La.192e; “ἀκούων” Aeschin.3.241; “κ. ἐν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν” Isoc.2.32; also τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν was strangely obdurate or obstinate, S.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.
II. c. acc. rei, bear patiently, endure, “τὰ δ᾽ ἀδύναθ᾽ ἡμῖν καρτερεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον” E.IA1370; “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).
