patiēns entis, adj. with comp. and sup. P. of patior, bearing, supporting, suffering, enduring, permitting: amnis navium, i. e. navigable, L.: vomeris, V.

—Enduring, patient, tolerant: nimium patiens existimor: corpus inediae, S.: pulveris atque solis, H.: ad morae taedium ferundum, L.: in laboribus patientior: patientissimae aures: patientissimus exercitus, Cs.

—Enduring, firm, unyielding, hard: aratrum, O.