adjective

in-tŏlĕrans

gen. in-tŏlĕrantis

that cannot bear; endure; impatient ••

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.—

that cannot be borne; insufferable; intolerable ••

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.

Perseus ID: n24562 Key: intolerans