patientissimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →patiens, patientis (gen.), patientior -or -us, patientissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
patient/long-suffering; tolerant/easy-going; submissive/liable/susceptible to;; hardy; able/willing to endure; capable of bearing/standing up to hard use;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...quadam reverentia diliguntur, quia Vespasianus, venerabilis senex et patientissimus veri, bene intellegit [et] ceteros quidem amicos suos..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...munus consulis obiisse; sed audimus. Diceris iustissimus, humanissimus, patientissimus fuisse; sed diceris. Aequum est aliquando nos iudicio nostro..."