tolerabilis Latin · revision 31482

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *telh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [tɔ.ɫɛˈraː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [to.leˈraː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tolerō|-bilis]], from the verb “to bear, endure”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan lists the verb with [[tollō|t=to lift]] and reports Nussbaum's explanation of it as a Latin present ⟨*telh₂-s-⟩ of the root [[ine-pro|*telh₂-|t=to carry, bear]], cognate with [[grc|ἔτλην|tr=étlēn|t=I endured]] and [[got|𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽|tr=þulan|t=to endure]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Terence,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) where it is active, of a father who is a tolerant sort of man.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is active, tolerant or capable of enduring.^(OLD 2012) The usual sense is passive, that can be borne, bearable or endurable, as Varro's pruning that is more bearable in winter and Cicero's friendships to be put up with if they are tolerable, and of forces that can be withstood.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also passable or acceptable at a minimum, as Cicero's remark that hardly even tolerable orators were to be found.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “light, bearable”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''tolerable'', from the early 15th century, is from French and directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of a tolerant man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of work more bearable in winter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of passable orators and of tolerable friendships.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|tolerable]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|tolerant|alt=Tolerant]]; able to endure, hardy.^(OLD 2012)

+ # That can be borne, [[m|en|bearable]], endurable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Passable, acceptable.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intolerābilis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tolerō]]

+ * [[tollō]]

+ * [[en|tolerable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}