LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

tolerantia

tolerantia f (genitive tolerantiae)
Classical[tɔ.ɫɛˈran.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[to.leˈran.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininerareendurance, tolerance
    Sapientis animus magnitudine consilii, tolerantia rerum humanarum, contemptione fortunae, virtutibus denique omnibus ut moenibus saeptus vincetur et expugnabitur, qui ne civitate quidem pelli potest?46 BCE, Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum 27
    Aeque reliqua quoque inter se paria sunt, tranquillitas, simplicitas, liberalitas, constantia, aequanimitas, tolerantia; omnibus enim istis una virtus subest, quae animum rectum et indeclinabilem praestat.c. 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 67.5

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetolerantiatolerantiae
genitivetolerantiaetolerantiārum
dativetolerantiaetolerantiīs
accusativetolerantiamtolerantiās
ablativetolerantiātolerantiīs
vocativetolerantiatolerantiae

tŏlĕrantĭa, ae, f. tolero,
I. a bearing, supporting, endurance (very rare): rerum humanarum, Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27: pax vel incuriā vel tolerantiā priorum timebatur, Tac. Agr. 20; Sen. Ep. 67, 5: doloris, Quint. 2, 20, 10: malorum, id. 5, 10, 33; Vulg. 2 Cor. 1, 6.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin tolerantia From tolerāns + -ia.

In English words that came into English from tolerantia

  • tolerancetolerantia

Quick answers

What does tolerantia mean in Latin?
tolerantia, a noun, means “endurance, tolerance”.
What is the genitive of tolerantia?
The genitive singular is tolerantiae. tolerantia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce tolerantia?
In classical Latin, [tɔ.ɫɛˈran.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [to.leˈran.t͡si.a].