adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
tolerābilis
tolerābilis (neuter tolerābile, comparative tolerābilior, adverb tolerābiliter)
Classical[tɔ.ɫɛˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[to.leˈraː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationbearable, supportable, endurable, passable, tolerable
Moderātī enim et nec difficilēs nec inhūmānī senēs tolerābilem senectūtem agunt; importūnitās autem et inhūmānitās omnī aetātī molesta est.
For old men who are self-controlled — neither prickly nor unrefined — lead a tolerable old age; however, a rude and discourteous nature is troublesome to every stage of life.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior De Senectute 3.7
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tolerābilis | tolerābilis | tolerābile |
| genitive | tolerābilis | tolerābilis | tolerābilis |
| dative | tolerābilī | tolerābilī | tolerābilī |
| accusative | tolerābilem | tolerābilem | tolerābile |
| ablative | tolerābilī | tolerābilī | tolerābilī |
| vocative | tolerābilis | tolerābilis | tolerābile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tolerābilēs | tolerābilēs | tolerābilia |
| genitive | tolerābilium | tolerābilium | tolerābilium |
| dative | tolerābilibus | tolerābilibus | tolerābilibus |
| accusative | tolerābilīs tolerābilēs | tolerābilīs tolerābilēs | tolerābilia |
| ablative | tolerābilibus | tolerābilibus | tolerābilibus |
| vocative | tolerābilēs | tolerābilēs | tolerābilia |
tŏlĕrābĭlis, e, adj. tolero.
I. Pass., that may be borne, bearable, supportable, endurable, passable, tolerable (class.):
amicitiae si tolerabiles erunt, ferendae sunt, Cic. Lael. 21, 78: tolerabilis conditio servitutis, id. Cat. 4, 8, 16: genus rei publicae, id. Rep. 1, 26, 42: fenus, id. Att. 6, 1, 16: hoc utcumque tolerabile: gravius illud quod, etc., Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 2: regi tolerabili, aut, si vultis, etiam amabili, Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; cf. orator, id. Brut. 48, 178: oratores, id. de Or. 1, 2, 8: Minucius jam ante vix tolerabilis, Liv. 22, 27, 1: non tolerabile numen, Verg. A. 5, 768: habitus, Val. Max. 4, 1, 1.—Comp.: senectus, Cic. Sen. 3, 8: tolerabilius est sic dicere, etc., id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—Sup.: sententia, Dig. 28, 5, 18. — II. Act., that can easily bear or endure, enduring, sustaining, supporting (rare; not in Cic.;
but cf. tolerabiliter, 2.): homo, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31: quas (oves) ille tempore auctumni ratus adhuc esse tolerabiles, i. e. able to support the winter, Col. 7, 3, 14.—Adv.: tŏlĕrābĭ-lĭter. 1. Bearably, passably, tolerably:
facere aliquid, Col. 11, 2, 85: dicere, id. 2, 2, 3: dare veratrum, Cels. 2, 13.—2. For toleranter, patiently:
etenim si dolores eosdem tolerabilius patiuntur, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42; so, tolerabilius ferre igniculum desiderii, id. Fam. 15, 20, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tolerābilis e, adj. with comp.
tolero, that may be borne, supportable, endurable, passable, tolerable : homo, i. e. not uncommonly severe , T.: ferremus, etsi tolerabile non erat: rex: Minucius iam ante vix tolerabilis, L.: non tolerabile numen, V.: tolerabilior erat nostra dissensio: tolerabilius est sic dicere, etc.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin tolerābilis From tolerō (“endure, tolerate”) + -bilis.
Descendants
- Catalantolerable
- Englishtolerable
- Frenchtolérable
- Italiantollerabile
- Portuguesetolerável
- Romaniantolerabil
- Spanishtolerable
- Galiciantolerable
In English words that came into English from tolerābilis
- tolerabletolerābilis
- intolerableintolerābilis