tolerabilis, tolerabile, tolerabilior -or -us, tolerabilissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bearable, tolerable, patient; able to be withstood; passable; tolerant, hardy;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tolerabile | tolerabilia |
| Acc. | tolerabile | tolerabilia |
| Voc. | tolerabile | tolerabilia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tolerabilius | tolerabiliora |
| Gen. | tolerabilioris | — |
| Acc. | tolerabilius | tolerabiliora |
| Voc. | tolerabilius | tolerabiliora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tolerabilissimus | tolerabilissimi |
| Gen. | tolerabilissimi | tolerabilissimorum |
| Dat. | tolerabilissimo | — |
| Acc. | tolerabilissimum | tolerabilissimos |
| Voc. | tolerabilissime | tolerabilissimi |
| Abl. | tolerabilissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tolerabilissima | tolerabilissimae |
| Gen. | tolerabilissimae | tolerabilissimarum |
| Dat. | tolerabilissimae | — |
| Acc. | tolerabilissimam | tolerabilissimas |
| Voc. | tolerabilissima | tolerabilissimae |
| Abl. | tolerabilissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tolerabilissimum | tolerabilissima |
| Gen. | tolerabilissimi | tolerabilissimorum |
| Dat. | tolerabilissimo | — |
| Acc. | tolerabilissimum | tolerabilissima |
| Voc. | tolerabilissimum | tolerabilissima |
| Abl. | tolerabilissimo | — |
Examples
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sero' inquit 'experrectus es'. (11) Recitabat Montanus Iuliuscarmen, tolerabilis poeta et amicitia Tiberi notus et frigore. Ortus etoccasus..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...accusare ebrietatem et vitia eius exponere, quae etiam tolerabilis homo vitaverit, nedum perfectus ac sapiens, cui satis..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...signa praemittit, utique qui ex solito revertitur. Tolerabilis est morbi patientia, si contempseris id quod extremum minatur. Noli..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nunc tecum loquor, qui multum ab homine tolerabili, nedum a perfecto absum, sed de illo in quem fortuna..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...singula sustineri possunt, conlata non possunt? Commutatio loci tolerabilis est, si tantum locum mutes; paupertas tolerabilis..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...detrahant. Sed hoc ipsum an detrahant nesciunt; ideo tolerabilis est illis iactura detrimenti latentis. Nemo restituet annos, nemo..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ipsa reprensione digna securitas, tamen esset utcumque tolerabilis si eius modi praeceptores minus docerent, non peius; alter ille..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...uniu' modi sunt ferme, paullo qui est homo tolerabilis: scortari crebro nolunt, nolunt crebro convivarier, praebent exigue sumptum..."