τλάω perfect forms are used with pres. sense to take upon oneself, to bear, suffer, undergo: c. acc. rei, ἔτλην οἷʼ οὔπω καὶ ἄλλος Il.; ἔτλην ἀνέρος εὐνήν I submitted to be wedded to a man, Il.; τλῆ ὀϊστόν submitted to be wounded by it, Il.; ἔτλα πένθος Pind., etc. absol. to hold out, endure, be patient, submit, Hom.; esp. in imperat., τέτλαθι, μῆτερ ἐμή Il.; τλῆτε, φίλοι Od.; in part., τετληότι θυμῶι with patient soul, Od.; κραδίη τετληυῖα Od. c. inf. to dare or venture to do, Od., Pind., etc.:—in Attic Poets, to dare to do a thing good or bad, hence either to have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty, or to have the grace, patience, to do anything, ἔς τε δὴ ἔτλην γεγωνεῖν till I took courage to tell, Aesch.; ἔτλα ἀλλάξαι submitted to exchange, Soph.; οὐδʼ ἔτλης ἐφυβρίσαι nor hadst thou the cruelty to insult, Soph.; οὐ γὰρ ἂν τλαίην ἰδεῖν I could not bear to see, Ar. c. acc. rei, to dare a thing, i. e. dare to do it, ἄτλητα τλᾶσα Aesch.; εἰ καὶ τοῦτʼ ἔτλη Soph. c. part., τάδε τέτλαμεν εἰσορόωντες Od.