tŏlĕro — Lewis & Short
tŏlĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (
I dep. collat. form tŏlĕror, āri, acc. to Prisc. p. 800 P.) [lengthened form of the root tol, whence tollo and tuli, kindr. with the Gr. *t*l*a*w], to bear, support, sustain (syn.: fero, patior, sustineo, sino).
I Lit. (rare and mostly post-class.):
aquilae ipsae non tolerantes pondus apprehensum una merguntur,Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 10; cf. id. 35, 14, 49, § 173:
aliquem sinu,App. M. 3, p. 132, 29:
gremio suo,id. ib. 4, p. 154, 23:
mensula cenae totius honestas reliquias tolerans,id. ib. 2, p. 121, 26.—
II Trop., to bear, endure, tolerate, sustain, support:
militiam,Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:
hiemem,id. Cat. 2, 10, 23; Hirt. B. G. 8, 5, 1:
dicunt illi dolorem esse difficile toleratu,Cic. Fin. 4, 19, 52:
sumptus et tributa civitatum ab omnibus tolerari aequabiliter,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8, § 25: acritudinem, Att. ap. Fest. p. 356; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 28:
facile labores pericula, dubias atque asperas res,Sall. C. 10, 2:
aequo animo servitutem,id. J. 31, 11:
cursus,Ov. M. 5, 610:
vaporem,id. ib. 2, 301; cf.:
vaporis vim,id. ib. 11, 630:
tanta peditum equitatumque vis damnaque et injuriae aegre tolerabantur,Tac. H. 2, 56 fin.:
sitim aestumque,id. G. 4.— Absol.:
paulo longius tolerari posse,Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
posse ipsam Liviam statuere, nubendum post Drusum an in penatibus isdem tolerandum haberet,continue, remain, Tac. A. 4, 40.—
(b) With object-clause (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): ferro se caedi quam dictis his toleraret, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Ann. v. 137 Vahl.):
qui perpeti medicinam toleraverant,Plin. 26, 1, 3, § 3:
magnitudinem mali perferre visu non toleravit,Tac. A. 3, 3 fin. —
b Of inanim. or abstr. subjects:
Germania imbres tempestatesque tolerat,Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 21; 35, 14, 49, § 173:
tolerat et annos metica (vitis),id. 14, 2, 4, § 35.—
III Transf., to support a person or thing, i. e. to nourish, maintain, sustain, preserve by food, wealth, etc., = sustentare (v. h. v. II. B. 1.;
so not in Cic.): his rationibus equitatum tolerare,Caes. B. C. 3, 58:
octona milia equitum suā pecuniā,Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 136:
equos,Caes. B. C. 3, 49:
corpora equorum,Tac. A. 2, 24; Col. 6, 24, 5:
se fructibus agri,Dig. 50, 16, 203:
semetipsos (pisces clausi),Col. 8, 17, 15:
vitam,Caes. B. G. 7, 77; Tac. A. 15, 45 fin.; Verg. A. 8, 409:
aevum,Lucr. 2, 1171:
annos,Mart. 7, 64, 5:
egestatem,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 57; so id. ib. 2, 2, 77:
paupertatem,id. Rud. 4, 2, 14:
famem,Caes. B. G. 1, 28:
inopiam,Sall. C. 37, 7.—Absol.:
ut toleret (sc. erum amantem servus), ne pessum abeat,Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 12.—
B To keep, observe:
silentium obnixum,App. M. 4, p. 147, 1.— Hence,
A tŏlĕrans, antis, P.a., bearing, supporting, enduring, tolerating, tolerant (post-Aug.; mostly with gen.):
corpus laborum tolerans,Tac. A. 4, 1 fin.:
piscium genera dulcis undae tolerantia,Col. 8, 16, 2. —Comp.:
vacca frigoris tolerantior,Col. 6, 22, 2:
bello tolerantior,Aur. Vict. Caes. 11. —Sup.:
asellus plagarum et penuriae tolerantissimus,Col. 7, 1, 2.—Adv.: tŏlĕran-ter.
1 Patiently, enduringly, tolerantly:
ferre aliquid,Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2:
pati dolorem,id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43.—*
2 For tolerabiliter, bearably, tolerably:
at nunc anniculae fecunditatem poscuntur, tolerantius tamen bimae,moderately, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 176.—
B tŏlĕrātus, a, um, P. a., supportable, tolerable:
ut clementiam ac justitiam, quanto ignara barbaris, tanto toleratiora capesseret,acceptable, Tac. A. 12, 11.† † toles (tolles), ĭum, m. Celtic, a wen on the neck, goitre, Veg. Vet. 1, 38; 3, 64; Ser. Samm. 16, 289; Marc. Emp. 15 med.; cf. Fest. p. 356 Müll.