LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

intolerantia

intolerantia f (genitive intolerantiae)

Meaning

  1. femininetyrannical ans almost childish insolence, insufferableness
    Near-synonyms: superbia, arrogantia
    Ut Quinctius – nihil enim dicam de ceteris – si fuisset homo nobilis, quis eum cum illa superbia atque intolerantia ferre potuisset?66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio 40
  2. femininerareintolerance, impatience
    Praeterea idem ille Epictetus, quod ex eodem Favorino audivimus, solitus dicere est duo esse vitia multo omnium gravissima ac taeterrima intolerantiam et incontinentiam, cum aut iniurias, quae sunt ferendae, non toleramus neque ferimus, aut a quibus rebus voluptatibusque nos tenere debemus, non tenemus.c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 17.19.5

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintolerantiaintolerantiae
genitiveintolerantiaeintolerantiārum
dativeintolerantiaeintolerantiīs
accusativeintolerantiamintolerantiās
ablativeintolerantiāintolerantiīs
vocativeintolerantiaintolerantiae

intŏlĕrantĭa, ae, f. intolerans.
I. Act., impatience: intolerantia, cum injurias, quae sunt ferendae, non toleramus, neque ferimus, Gell. 17, 19, 5.—
II. Pass.
A. Unendurableness: sitis, Oros. 5, 15.—
B. Esp., of conduct, insufferableness, insolence: superbia atque intolerantia, Cic. Clu. 40 fin.: regis, id. Agr. 2, 13, 33: morum, Suet. Tib. 51: fletoris, Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinintolerantia

Latin tolerāns Latin intolerāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin intolerantia From intolerāns + -ia, sense 2 from in- + tolerantia.

Descendants
  • Frenchintolérance
  • Englishintolerancefrom French intolérance
  • Romanianintoleranţăfrom French intolérance
  • GermanIntoleranzfrom French intolérance
  • Italianintolleranzafrom French intolérance
  • Portugueseintolerânciafrom French intolérance
  • Dutchintolerantiefrom French intolérance
  • Finnishintoleranssifrom French intolérance
  • Hungarianintoleranciafrom French intolérance
  • Indonesianintoleransifrom French intolérance

In English words that came into English from intolerantia

  • intoleranceintolerantia

Quick answers

What does intolerantia mean in Latin?
intolerantia, a noun, means “tyrannical ans almost childish insolence, insufferableness; intolerance, impatience”.
What is the genitive of intolerantia?
The genitive singular is intolerantiae. intolerantia is feminine, first declension.
Where does intolerantia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin intolerantia.