intolerantia

Latin

Etymology

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Latin intolerāns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin intolerantia

    From intolerāns +‎ -ia, sense 2 from in- +‎ tolerantia.

    Noun

    intolerantia f (genitive intolerantiae); first declension

    1. tyrannical ans almost childish insolence, insufferableness
      Synonym: īnsolentia
      Near-synonyms: superbia, arrogantia
      • 66 BCE, Cicero, Pro Cluentio 40:
        Ut Quinctius – nihil enim dicam de ceteris – si fuisset homo nobilis, quis eum cum illa superbia atque intolerantia ferre potuisset?
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      • 63 BCE, Cicero, De lege agraria 2.13.33:
        Perspicite quanta potestas permittatur; non privatorum insaniam, sed intolerantiam regum esse dicetis.
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      • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Agricola 20:
        Haec primo statim anno comprimendo egregiam famam paci circumdedit, quae vel incuria vel intolerantia priorum haud minus quam bellum timebatur.
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      • 121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Vita Tiberi 51:
        At illa commota ueteres quosdam ad se Augusti codicillos de acerbitate et intolerantia morum eius e sacrario protulit atque recitauit.
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      • Vulgata—Machabaei II 9.10:
        ita ut de corpore impii vermes scaturirent, ac viventis in doloribus carnes ejus effluerent, odore etiam illius et fœtore exercitus gravaretur : et qui paulo ante sidera cæli contingere se arbitrabatur, eum nemo poterat propter intolerantiam fœtoris portare.
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    2. (very rare) intolerance, impatience
      Antonym: tolerantia
      • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 17.19.5:
        Praeterea idem ille Epictetus, quod ex eodem Favorino audivimus, solitus dicere est duo esse vitia multo omnium gravissima ac taeterrima intolerantiam et incontinentiam, cum aut iniurias, quae sunt ferendae, non toleramus neque ferimus, aut a quibus rebus voluptatibusque nos tenere debemus, non tenemus.
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    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative intolerantia intolerantiae
    genitive intolerantiae intolerantiārum
    dative intolerantiae intolerantiīs
    accusative intolerantiam intolerantiās
    ablative intolerantiā intolerantiīs
    vocative intolerantia intolerantiae

    Descendants

    Adjective

    intolerantia

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of intolerāns

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