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|lshtext=<b>tŏlĕrābĭlis</b>: e, adj. [[tolero]].<br /><b>I</b> Pass., [[that]] [[may]] be borne, [[bearable]], [[supportable]], [[endurable]], [[passable]], [[tolerable]] ([[class]].): amicitiae si tolerabiles erunt, ferendae sunt, Cic. Lael. 21, 78: [[tolerabilis]] [[conditio]] servitutis, id. Cat. 4, 8, 16: [[genus]] rei publicae, id. Rep. 1, 26, 42: [[fenus]], id. Att. 6, 1, 16: hoc [[utcumque]] tolerabile: gravius illud [[quod]], etc., Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 2: regi tolerabili, aut, si vultis, [[etiam]] amabili, Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; cf. [[orator]], id. Brut. 48, 178: oratores, id. de Or. 1, 2, 8: [[Minucius]] jam [[ante]] vix [[tolerabilis]], Liv. 22, 27, 1: non tolerabile [[numen]], Verg. A. 5, 768: [[habitus]], Val. Max. 4, 1, 1.—Comp.: [[senectus]], Cic. Sen. 3, 8: tolerabilius est sic dicere, etc., id. de Or. 1, 50, 218.—Sup.: [[sententia]], Dig. 28, 5, 18. —<br /><b>II</b> Act., [[that]] can [[easily]] [[bear]] or [[endure]], [[enduring]], sustaining, supporting ([[rare]]; not in Cic.; [[but]] cf. [[tolerabiliter]], 2.): [[homo]], Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 31: quas (oves) [[ille]] tempore auctumni [[ratus]] [[adhuc]] esse tolerabiles, i. e. [[able]] to [[support]] the [[winter]], Col. 7, 3, 14.—Adv.: tŏlĕrābĭ-lĭter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bearably, [[passably]], [[tolerably]]: facere aliquid, Col. 11, 2, 85: dicere, id. 2, 2, 3: [[dare]] [[veratrum]], Cels. 2, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For [[toleranter]], [[patiently]]: [[etenim]] si dolores eosdem tolerabilius patiuntur, Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42; so, tolerabilius ferre igniculum desiderii, id. Fam. 15, 20, 2.
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