in-tŏlĕrābĭlis, e, adj.
- I. Act., that cannot bear a thing, impatient (ante-class.): didicisset id ferre, et non esset intolerabilis, Afran. ap. Non. 125, 25 (Com. Fragm. v. 255 Rib.).
- II. Pass., that cannot be borne, insupportable, intolerable (class.): sumptus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 59: odor, Cic. N. D. 2, 50: frigus, id. Rosc. Am. 45: dolor, id. Ac. 2, 8: potentia, id. Verr. 1, 12, 35: vitium, id. Or. 65 fin.: verba, id. ib. 8, 26: insolentia, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14: saevitia, Gai. Inst. 1, 53; Liv. 1, 53, 5: regium nomen Romae, id. 27, 19: Cornelius arrogantiā, Suet. Galb. 14: vitium, Juv. 6, 413: injuria, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 3, 3, 2.
Comp.: multo intolerabilior, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1: factum, Suet. Caes. 78: intolerabilius nihil est quam femina dives, Juv. 6, 460.
- B. Irresistible: vis Romanorum, Liv. 6, 32, 8.
Adv.: intŏlĕrābĭlĭter, insupportably, intolerably, Col. 1, 4, 9.