Perseus analyses of ἔτλη:

τλάω (suffer, undergo): aor ind act 3rd sg
τλάω (suffer, undergo): imperf ind act 3rd sg (doric)

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τλάω

*τλάω, never found in pres. (exc. in very late writers, as Tz. H. 9.133), this tense being supplied by the pf. τέτλαμεν, etc., or by τολμάω: fut. 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.; 3pl. 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; 2sg. subj. τλῇς A. Supp. 428 (lyr.); opt. τλαίην, 3pl. 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 2sg., Il. 1.228,543, Ar. Pl. 280, Th. 544, 3sg., Od. 19.347; in shorter forms with pres. sense, Ep. 1pl. 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:—

A. 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):

II. c. inf., dare or venture to do, οὔτε λόχονδʼ ἰέναι τέτληκας θυμῷ Il. 1.228, cf. 7.480, 21.150, etc.; bring oneself to do something contrary to oneʼs 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; οὐδʼ 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.).