tolero Latin · revision 10003

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=derivation|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *telh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtɔ.ɫɛ.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtɔː.le.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tolerō''' (present infinitive tolerāre, perfect active tolerāvī, supine tolerātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Priscian reports a deponent ''toleror''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD compares [[tollō]] “to lift” and suggests a formation like ⟨onerō⟩ and ⟨vulnerō⟩, and Wiktionary calls it uncertain, perhaps from an ⟨s⟩-stem noun ⟨*telh₂-s⟩ of [[ine-pro|*telh₂-|t=to bear, carry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨tollō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*tl̥-n(e)-h₂-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Livius Andronicus, perhaps “to remove”, and Terence.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to provide food, sustain, as in Terence; to undergo, bear, endure; to put up with, tolerate; to bear a weight, support, as in Horace; and to stand up to, withstand, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to bear, endure, sustain, tolerate.^(Stelten 1995) English ''tolerate'' (1530s) is from its participle ''tolerātus'', and it survives as French ''tolérer'', Italian ''tollerare'' and Spanish ''tolerar''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of sustaining and enduring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of withstanding.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – English ''tolerate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To bear (a weight), support.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sustain, feed.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|endure]], undergo.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To put up with, [[m|en|tolerate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|withstand]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tollō]]

+ * [[tolerantia]]

+ * [[tolerābilis]]

+ * [[en|tolerate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}