tolerabilis

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /to.leˈraː.bi.lis/, [t̪ɔɫ̪ɛˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /to.leˈra.bi.lis/, [t̪oleˈräːbilis]

Adjective

tolerābilis (neuter tolerābile, comparative tolerābilior, adverb tolerābiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. bearable, supportable, endurable, passable, tolerable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	tolerābilis	tolerābile		tolerābilēs	tolerābilia
Genitive	tolerābilis			tolerābilium
Dative	tolerābilī			tolerābilibus
Accusative	tolerābilem	tolerābile		tolerābilēs tolerābilīs	tolerābilia
Ablative	tolerābilī			tolerābilibus
Vocative	tolerābilis	tolerābile		tolerābilēs	tolerābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: tolerable
• English: tolerable
• French: tolérable
• Galician: tolerable
• Italian: tollerabile
• Portuguese: tolerável
• Spanish: tolerable

References

• “tolerabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tolerabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tolerabilis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tolerabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.