patimur

Patimur is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Latin deponent verb patior, pati, passus sum. In English it is usually translated as “we endure” or “we suffer.” In classical Latin, the sense can extend to meanings such as “we experience” or “we undergo” in a sense of bearing something.

Patior belongs to the class of deponent verbs, which have active-meaning in their semantics but passive-form morphology. The root conveys endurance and experience of hardship. The noun patientia (patience) and related terms are derived from the same root, reflecting the idea of bearing or tolerating.

Grammatically, patimur uses passive endings to mark tense and mood. The present system forms are patior, patieris, patitur, patimur, patimini, patiuntur. The imperfect and future follow the deponent patterns such as patiebam or patierebar, and patiar, patieris, patietur, patiemur, patiemini, patientur for the future. The perfect tenses are formed with the perfect participle passus sum, not with an active perfect form (e.g., patitus sum is not used; instead, one says passus sum for “I have endured”).

Usage: it commonly expresses endurance or suffering, often with a direct object in the accusative (patior calamitatēs = I endure calamities) or with infinitival clauses. Example: Patimur calamitates in bello. Translation: “We endure calamities in war.” The verb can appear in ethical or religious contexts where endurance is portrayed as virtue.

See also: Latin deponent verbs; Latin verb forms; patience in linguistic and historical contexts. For full conjugations, consult a Latin grammar reference.