Etymology
From Proto-Italic *tolazāō, from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”). Compare Ancient Greek τλάντος (tlántos, “bearing, suffering”), τολμάω (tolmáō, “to carry, bear”), τελαμών (telamṓn, “broad strap for bearing something”), Ἄτλας (Átlas, “the 'Bearer' of Heaven”), Lithuanian tiltas (“bridge”), Sanskrit तुला (tulā, “balance”), तुलयति (tulayati, “lifts up, weighs”), Latin tollō (“to bear, support”), tulī (“I bore”), lātus (“borne”), tellūs (“bearing earth”), Old English þolian (“to endure”) (English thole), Old Armenian թողում (tʻołum, “I allow”).
Verb
tolerō (present infinitive tolerāre, perfect active tolerāvī, supine tolerātum); first conjugation
- to bear, endure, tolerate, put up with, support
- Synonyms: patiō, sufferō, subeō, perferō, patior, recipiō, accipiō, ferō, dūrō, sustineō, sustentō
- to sustain (with the notion of barely doing so)
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of tolerō (first conjugation), indicative ...
Conjugation of tolerō (first conjugation) |
indicative |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
tolerō |
tolerās |
tolerat |
tolerāmus |
tolerātis |
tolerant |
imperfect |
tolerābam |
tolerābās |
tolerābat |
tolerābāmus |
tolerābātis |
tolerābant |
future |
tolerābō |
tolerābis |
tolerābit |
tolerābimus |
tolerābitis |
tolerābunt |
perfect |
tolerāvī |
tolerāvistī, tolerāstī1 |
tolerāvit, tolerāt1 |
tolerāvimus, tolerāmus1 |
tolerāvistis, tolerāstis1 |
tolerāvērunt, tolerāvēre, tolerārunt1 |
pluperfect |
tolerāveram, tolerāram1 |
tolerāverās, tolerārās1 |
tolerāverat, tolerārat1 |
tolerāverāmus, tolerārāmus1 |
tolerāverātis, tolerārātis1 |
tolerāverant, tolerārant1 |
future perfect |
tolerāverō, tolerārō1 |
tolerāveris, tolerāris1 |
tolerāverit, tolerārit1 |
tolerāverimus, tolerārimus1 |
tolerāveritis, tolerāritis1 |
tolerāverint, tolerārint1 |
passive |
present |
toleror |
tolerāris, tolerāre |
tolerātur |
tolerāmur |
tolerāminī |
tolerantur |
imperfect |
tolerābar |
tolerābāris, tolerābāre |
tolerābātur |
tolerābāmur |
tolerābāminī |
tolerābantur |
future |
tolerābor |
tolerāberis, tolerābere |
tolerābitur |
tolerābimur |
tolerābiminī |
tolerābuntur |
perfect |
tolerātus + present active indicative of sum |
pluperfect |
tolerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum |
future perfect |
tolerātus + future active indicative of sum |
subjunctive |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
tolerem |
tolerēs |
toleret |
tolerēmus |
tolerētis |
tolerent |
imperfect |
tolerārem |
tolerārēs |
tolerāret |
tolerārēmus |
tolerārētis |
tolerārent |
perfect |
tolerāverim, tolerārim1 |
tolerāverīs, tolerārīs1 |
tolerāverit, tolerārit1 |
tolerāverīmus, tolerārīmus1 |
tolerāverītis, tolerārītis1 |
tolerāverint, tolerārint1 |
pluperfect |
tolerāvissem, tolerāssem1 |
tolerāvissēs, tolerāssēs1 |
tolerāvisset, tolerāsset1 |
tolerāvissēmus, tolerāssēmus1 |
tolerāvissētis, tolerāssētis1 |
tolerāvissent, tolerāssent1 |
passive |
present |
tolerer |
tolerēris, tolerēre |
tolerētur |
tolerēmur |
tolerēminī |
tolerentur |
imperfect |
tolerārer |
tolerārēris, tolerārēre |
tolerārētur |
tolerārēmur |
tolerārēminī |
tolerārentur |
perfect |
tolerātus + present active subjunctive of sum |
pluperfect |
tolerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum |
imperative |
singular |
plural |
first |
second |
third |
first |
second |
third |
active |
present |
— |
tolerā |
— |
— |
tolerāte |
— |
future |
— |
tolerātō |
tolerātō |
— |
tolerātōte |
tolerantō |
passive |
present |
— |
tolerāre |
— |
— |
tolerāminī |
— |
future |
— |
tolerātor |
tolerātor |
— |
— |
tolerantor |
non-finite forms |
active |
passive |
present |
perfect |
future |
present |
perfect |
future |
infinitives |
tolerāre |
tolerāvisse, tolerāsse1 |
tolerātūrum esse |
tolerārī |
tolerātum esse |
tolerātum īrī |
participles |
tolerāns |
— |
tolerātūrus |
— |
tolerātus |
tolerandus |
verbal nouns |
gerund |
supine |
genitive |
dative |
accusative |
ablative |
accusative |
ablative |
tolerandī |
tolerandō |
tolerandum |
tolerandō |
tolerātum |
tolerātū |
Close
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
References
- “tolero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tolero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tolero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bear the winter: hiemem tolerare
- to endure the pangs of hunger: famem tolerare, sustentare
- to earn a precarious livelihood: vitam inopem sustentare, tolerare
- to endure a life of privation: vitam (inopem) tolerare (B. G. 7. 77)