pati
To suffer in Latin is pati.
The verb pati is used to describe feeling pain or enduring a hardship. In many contexts, however, it can also mean to permit or to allow an action. If you wish to emphasize that someone is suffering seriously, you can use the intensifier graviter.
Meaning: feel pain (verb)
How does it change in a sentence?
The form patitur is the third-person singular present indicative form of pati, meaning he, she or it suffers. The perfect participle of the verb is passus, which means suffered or endured.
Did you know?
- The English word 'passion' comes from the Latin participle passus, meaning 'suffered'. While we now associate it with strong emotion, it originally referred specifically to the act of enduring suffering.
- In Latin grammar, pati is a 'deponent' verb, meaning it has passive forms but an active meaning. It looks like it is being acted upon, which mirrors the feeling of suffering something imposed from outside.
- The word 'passive' comes from the same root as pati, because a person who is 'passive' is essentially one who 'suffers' or endures an action without resisting.
Examples in context
- Patitur si me non audiet.He will suffer if he doesn't listen to me.This sentence shows the use of pati regarding the consequences of not listening.Tatoeba #11884648 by carlosalberto, translation #11884631 by carlosalberto
- Disce pati, si vincere voles.Learn to suffer if you want to win.This sentence uses pati in the context of the necessity of suffering to achieve victory.Tatoeba #7020784 by iart61, translation #12361687 by carlosalberto
- Quis plura patietur, ego vel tu?Who will suffer more, I or you?This sentence demonstrates a comparison of who will suffer more using the form pati.Tatoeba #12005071 by carlosalberto, translation #12005047 by carlosalberto
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Example conversation
Claudia and Lucius are talking about a sick dog.
- ClaudiaCanis meus valde aegrotat.My dog is very sick.
- LuciusTriste est videre eum pati.It is sad to see him suffer.
- ClaudiaIta, non volo eum pati.Yes, I do not want him to suffer.
- LuciusMedicum cito voca, Claudia.Call the vet quickly, Claudia.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
