forbearance

commŏdĭtas, ātis, f. [commodus].

Due measure, just proportion, symmetry (so very rare): commoditas et aequitas membrorum, * Suet. Aug. 79.—

Of discourse, fitness, a suitable oratorical expression, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9; id. Inv. 1, 2, 3;

corresp. to commode dicere,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

(Acc. to commodus, II.) Easy, unrestrained, free action:

corporis aliqua commoditas non naturā data, sed studio et industriā parta,

i. e. dexterity, skill, Cic. Inv. 1, 25, 36.—

Convenience, ease:

id, ob commoditatem itineris ponte sublicio... conjungi urbi placuit,

Liv. 1, 33, 6.—

Of things, fitness, convenience, a fit occasion, advantage, benefit (class.):

commoditatis omnes articulos scio,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 31:

in loco opportunitas, in occasione commoditas ad faciendum idonea (consideranda est),

Cic. Inv. 2, 12, 40; id. Off. 1, 39, 138; Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 94; Ter. And. 3, 3, 37:

o Fors Fortuna, quantis commoditatibus hunc onerastis diem!

id. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:

plurimas et maximas commoditates amicitia continet,

Cic. Lael. 7, 23; cf. id. N. D. 3, 36, 86; id. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

percipere fructum aut commoditatem ex re,

id. Off. 2, 4, 14:

cum commoditas juvaret,

Liv. 4, 60, 2.—

Of persons, pleasantness, complaisance, courteousness, forbearance, lenity (only ante-class. and in Ov.):

vir lepidissime, Cumulate commoditate,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 6; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 76: patris, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

viri,

Ov. H. 17, 176; 16, 310.—

Meton. in Plaut.:

commoditas mea, as a term of endearment,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 8; id. Men. 1, 2, 28; id. Poen. 1, 3, 12.

pătĭentĭa, ae, f. [patior], the quality of bearing, suffering, or enduring, patience, endurance.

Lit.

In gen.:

pati entia est honestatis aut utilitatis causā rerum arduarum ac difficilium voluntaria ac diuturna perpessio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 163:

patientia famis et frigoris,

id. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

hominum ea patientia, virtus frugalitasque est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7:

paupertatis,

id. Agr. 2, 24, 64:

audiendi,

Quint. 11, 2, 8; 12, 9, 9.—

In partic., submission to unnatural lust, pathicism, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34; Sen. Q. N. 1, 16, 5; id. Vit. Beat. 13, 3; Tac. A. 6, 1; Petr. 9 and 25; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 2.—

Transf.

Forbearance, indulgence, lenity:

constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possem dicere,

Cic. Lig. 9, 26:

quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientiā nostrā?

id. Cat. 1, 1, 1; id. Pis. 2, 5:

quem duplici panno patientia velat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 25:

levius fit patientiā Quicquid corrigere est nefas,

id. C. 1, 24, 19.—

In a bad sense, indolence, want of spirit: ne quis in me aut nimiam patientiam, aut nimium stuporem arguat, Porc. Latro ap. Sen. Contr. 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 5:

in patientiā firmitudinem simulans,

Tac. A. 6, 46.—

Submissiveness, subjection:

usque ad servilem patientiam demissus,

Tac. A. 14, 26:

Britanniam uno praelio veteri patientiae restituit,

id. Agr. 16; id. H. 2, 29.

sustentātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].

A deferring, delay; forbearance (very rare).

In gen.:

habere aliquam moram et sustentationem,

Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 146:

quae sustentatio sui recte patientia nominatur,

Lact. 6, 18, 32.—

In partic., in rhetoric, a figure of speech where the orator defers the mention of something, keeping the hearer in doubt, a suspension, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 22.—

Sustenance, maintenance:

mulieris,

Dig. 2, 3, 22 med.

vĕnĭa, ae, f. [akin to veneror, q. v.], complaisance, indulgence, kindness, obliging disposition or conduct, mercy, grace, favor (class.; cf. indulgentia), most usual in the phrase veniam dare, to grant a favor, be favorable, to comply, consent.

In gen.: Jane, Juppiter, Mars pater, etc.... vos precor, veneror, veniam peto feroque uti populo Romano Quiritium vim victoriamque prosperetis, an old formula of prayer in Liv. 8, 9, 7:

ab Jove Opt. Max. ceterisque dis pacem ac veniam peto precorque ab iis, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:

quaeso a vobis, ut in hac causā mihi detis hanc veniam, ut, etc.,

id. Arch. 2, 3; cf.:

precor hanc veniam supplici des, ut, etc.,

Liv. 30, 12, 14:

dabis hanc veniam, mi frater, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 23:

Caesar tibi petenti veniam non dedit,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 11:

datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis, primordia urbium augustiora faciat, Liv. prooem. § 7: mi gnate, da veniam hanc mihi: reduc illam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 29:

extremam hanc oro veniam, miserere sororis,

Verg. A. 4, 435:

datur petentibus venia,

Caes. B. G. 7, 15:

veniam petenti dedit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 48; Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

veniam quoque a deis spei alicujus audacioris petimus, in sinum spuendo,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35:

veniam mihi quam gravate pater dedit de Chrysalo!

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 3:

cum data esset venia ejus diei,

when indulgence had been granted for that day, Liv. 26, 17, 12:

nobile illud nepenthes oblivionem tristitiae veniamque afferens,

a complaisant, mild disposition, Plin. 25, 2, 5, § 12.—

Permission to do any thing, esp. In phrases: veniam petere (poscere) and veniam dare;

veniā petitā puerum ad canendum ante tibicinem cum statuisset,

Liv. 7, 2, 9:

petere veniam legatis mittendis,

id. 33, 11, 3:

veniam dicendi ante alios exposcere,

Tac. A. 12, 5:

datā veniā seducit filiam ac nutricem,

Liv. 3, 48, 5; cf.

the context: qui censerent, dandam ceteris veniam talium conjugiorum,

Suet. Claud. 26.—

Bonā veniā or cum bonā veniā.

With audire, kindly, with favor, without prejudice:

bonā veniā me audies,

Cic. N. D. 1, 21, 59; cf.:

vos oro atque obsecro, judices, ut attente bonāque cum veniā verba mea audiatis,

id. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

cum bonā veniā se auditurum,

Liv. 29, 1, 7:

cum bonā veniā, quaeso, audiatis id quod invitus dico,

id. 29, 17, 6.—

With verbs of saying (mostly parenthet.), by your good leave, with your permission, without offence, etc.:

nisi vero (bonā veniā hujus optimi viri dixerim) tu, etc.,

Cic. de Or 1, 57, 242:

bonā hoc tuā veniā dixerim,

id. Div 1, 15, 25:

atqui, frater, bonā tuā veniā dixerim ista sententia maxime fallit imperitos,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 34:

bonā veniā vestrā liceat, etc., Liv 6, 40, 10: primum abs te hoc bonā veniā peto... mihi ut respondeas,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 31:

oravit etiam bonā veniā Quirites, ne quis, etc.,

Liv. 7, 41, 3.—Rarely veniā alone:

neminem ex his, quos eduxeram mecum (veniā sit dicto) ibi amisi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 46.—

In partic., forbearance in view of any wrong that has been done, forgiveness, pardon, remission:

venia est poenae meritae remissio,

Sen. Clem. 2, 7:

errati veniam impetrare,

Cic. Lig. 1, 1:

pacem veniamque impetrare a victoribus,

Liv. 37, 45, 7:

veniam et impunitatem dare,

Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 32; cf.:

cui non apud senatum... maximorum scelerum venia ulla ad ignoscendum duci possit,

id. Pis. 41, 98; id. Part. Or. 37, 131:

cui errato nulla venia, recte facto exigua laus proponitur,

id. Agr. 2, 2, 5:

cede deae, veniamque tuis, temeraria, dictis Supplice voce roga,

Ov. M. 6, 32; Hor. S. 1, 3, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 78: aliquem veniā donare [p. 1969] in praeteritum, Suet. Dom. 9:

veniā dignus,

Quint. 1, 5, 11; cf.:

legere cum veniā,

id. 10, 1, 72.