intolerans

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

in-tŏlĕrans, antis, adj.

I Act. , that cannot bear or endure a thing (syn. impatiens), impatient , intolerant (not anteAug.); constr. with gen.: secundarum rerum nemo intolerantior fuit, Liv. 9, 18: corpora intolerantissima laboris atque aestus, id. 10, 28: omnium, Tac. A. 2, 75: aequalium, id. H. 4, 80.—

II Pass. , = intolerandus, that cannot be borne , insufferable , intolerable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): curae, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.— Comp. : servitus, Tac. A. 3, 45; cf.: vir ingens gloriā, atque eo ferocior, et subjectis intolerantior, id. ib. 11, 10: nihil insultatione barbarorum intolerantius fuit, Flor. 4, 12, 36.— Adv.: intŏlĕranter , intolerably , immoderately , excessively (class.): dolere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 9.— Comp. : intolerantius insequi, Caes. B. G. 7, 51: se jactare, Cic. de Or. 2, 52.— Sup. : intolerantissime gloriari, id. Vatin. 12, 29.

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