A). τλήσομαι Il. 11.317 , A. Ag. 1290 ; Aeol. and Dor. τλάσομαι Sapph. 75 , Pi. P. 3.41 ; later fut. ταλάσσω Lyc. 746 : Ep. aor. 1. ἐτάλασσα Il. 17.166 ; subj. ταλάσσω 13.829 , 15.164 (an aor. Med. ταλάσσατο, Opp. C. 3.155 ); inf. τελάσσαι Hsch. (cf. τελα-μών): but the usu. aor. was ἔτλην, Il. 18.433 , etc., Ep. τλῆν 5.385 , al., Dor. ἔτλᾱν A. Ag. 224 (lyr.), etc.; 3 pl. ἔτλησαν E. Supp. 171 , Dor. ἔτλᾱσαν S. Ph. 1201 (lyr.), Ep. ἔτλᾰν Il. 21.608 , Simon. 107.7 (= IG 7.53 ); imper. τλῆθι Thgn. 1237 , Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.56 , S. Ph. 475 , etc., Dor. τλᾶθι Pi. P. 4.276 ; 2 sg. subj. τλῇς A. Supp. 428 (lyr.); opt. τλαίην, 3 pl. τλαῖεν Il. 17.490 ; inf. τλῆναι A. Pr. 704 , Ep. τλήμεναι Theoc. 25.174 ; part. τλάς, τλᾶσα, A. Ag. 1453 (lyr.), Ch. 753 , S. OC 1077 (lyr.): pf. τέτληκα, in 2 sg., Il. 1.228 , 543 , Ar. Pl. 280 , Th. 544 , 3 sg., Od. 19.347 ; in shorter forms with pres. sense, Ep. 1 pl. τέτλαμεν 20.311 ; imper. τέτλᾰθι Il. 5.382 , τετλάτω Od. 16.275 ; opt. τετλαίην Il. 9.373 ; Ep. inf. τετλάμεναι Od. 13.307 , τετλάμεν 6.190 , τετλάναι Metag. 18 (hex.); Ep. part. τετληώς, fem. τετληυῖα Od. 20.23 , masc. dat. τετληότι 4.447 , al., pl. τετληότες Il. 5.873 , -ῶτες Orph. A. 1350 : plpf. ἐτέτλαμεν A.R. 1.807 :—poet. Verb, used by Isoc. 4.96 (quoted by Arist. Rh. 1408b16 ), X. Cyr. 3.1.3 ; but τολμάω is the common prose form (cf. τλήμων):

I). suffer, undergo hardship, disgrace, etc. (never like φέρω , of bodily loads or burdens):

1). abs., hold out, endure, be patient, submit, ἤτοι ἐγὼ μενέω καὶ τλήσομαι Il. 11.317 , cf. 19.308 ; ἔτι τλαίης ἐνιαυτόν Od. 1.288 , cf. 2.219 ; esp. in imper., τέτλαθι, μῆτερ ἐμή, καὶ ἀνάσχεο Il. 1.586 ; τλῆτε, φίλοι 2.299 ; τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη Od. 20.18 : so in inf., σὺ δὲ τετλάμεναι καὶ ἀνάγκῃ 13.307 : in part., τετληότι θυμῷ 4.447 , etc.; κραδίη τετληυῖα 20.23 : sts. folld. by a relat. clause, τλῆ μὲν Ἄρης, ὅτε μιν .. δῆσαν Il. 5.385 , cf. 392 ; δηρὸν ἐτέτλαμεν εἴ κε .. μεταστρέψωσι νόον A.R. l.c.

2). c. acc. rei, ἔτλην ἀνέρος εὐνήν I submitted to be wedded to a man, Il. 18.433 ; ῥίγιστα .. τετληότες εἰμέν 5.873 ; τλῆ δ’ Ἀΐδης .. ὀϊστόν bore up under the wound from it, ib. 395 ; ἔτλαν πένθος Pi. I. 7(6).37 ; οἷα χρὴ πάθη τλῆναι πρὸς Ἥρας A. Pr. 704 , cf. Ag. 1453 (lyr.), Ch. 753 , S. OC 1077 (lyr.), Tr. 71 , E. Hec. 1251 .

II). c. inf., dare or venture to do, οὔτε λόχονδ’ ἰέναι τέτληκας θυμῷ Il. 1.228 , cf. 7.480 , 21.150 , etc.; bring oneself to do something contrary to one's feelings, whether good or bad, have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty, or the grace, charity, patience, to do anything, ἔστε δὴ πατρὶ ἔτλην γεγωνεῖν νυκτίφοιτα δείματα I took courage to .., A. Pr. 657 ; ἔτλα θυτὴρ γενέσθαι θυγατρός Id. Ag. 224 (lyr.); ἔτλα .. φῶς ἀλλάξαι submitted to exchange .., S. Ant. 944 (lyr.); πῶς ἔτλης σὰς ὄψεις μαρᾶναι; how couldst thou quench thy orbs of sight? Id. OT 1327 ; οὐδ’ ἔτλης .. ἐφυβρίσαι nor hadst thou the cruelty to .., Id. Aj. 1384 ; μὴ τλῇς με προδοῦναι be not so cruel as to forsake me, E. Alc. 275 (anap.); οὐ γὰρ ἂν τλαίην ἰδεῖν I could not bear to see, Ar. Nu. 119 , cf. 1387 (lyr.), V. 1159 , Pl. 280 ; so also in Il. 24.35 , 505 , 519 , Hes. Op. 718 , Sapph. 75 , Pi. P. 3.41 , etc.

2). c. acc. rei, dare a thing, i.e. dare to do it, ἄτλητα τλᾶσα A. Ag. 408 (lyr.).

3). c. part., τάδε τέτλαμεν εἰσορόωντες Od. 20.311 (but in 5.362 , Il. 5.383 the part. is independent of the Verb), cf. Simon. 85.14 , A. Ag. 1041 (s. v.l.), Th. 756 (lyr.), S. El. 943 . (Root τελᾰ-(τᾰλᾰ-) alternating with τλᾱ-: also in πολύ-τλας, τάλας, τάλαντον, τολμάω, τελαμών, Lat.tollo, O E. polian 'endure', etc.)