tolerable Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. tŏlĕrābĭlis2. tŏlĕrandus3. pătĭbĭlisII. Transf.1. tŏlĕrābĭlis2. mĕdiocris (often in bad sense, ordinary)3. mŏdĭcus4. ălĭquantus (considerable)5. freq. expr. by sătis with adj.6. expr. by neg. with adj., etc. • tolerable: I. Lit.: capable of being endured: 1. tŏlĕrābĭlis: t. slavery, t. conditio servitutis, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 16. 2. tŏlĕrandus: scarcely t. poverty, inopia vix t., Tac. H. 1, 21. 3. pătĭbĭlis: pain must be regarded as t., p. dolores putandi sunt, Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 51. Phr.: to render labour t, laborem levare alicui, id. Or. 34, 120: mitigare labores: id. de Or. 3, 4, 14: v. to alleviate, lighten. II. Transf.: moderately good: 1. tŏlĕrābĭlis: t. speakers, t. oratores, id. de Or. 1, 2, 8. 2. mĕdiocris (often in bad sense, ordinary): Cic.: Caes. 3. mŏdĭcus: a book of t. size, modicum quoddam corpus (historiae), Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 4: you have a t. competence, est tibi far m., Pers. 3, 25. 4. ălĭquantus (considerable): a t. number of arms, a. numerus armorum, Sall. J. 74: neut. used as subs.: a t. amount of land, aliquantum agri, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33. 5. freq. expr. by sătis with adj.: a t. singer, s. bonus cantor, Cic. 6. expr. by neg. with adj., etc.: very t. speeches, orationes non contemnendae saneque tolerabiles, Cic. Brut. 79, 273. Phr.: who does not know how few t. actors there are? quis ignorat quam pauci sint quos aequo animo spectare possimus? id. de Or. 1, 5, 18.
TOLERABLE Copy link • TOLERABLEThat can be borne or suffered, tolerabilis: tolerandus (opposed to intolerabilis): patibilis (endurable, philosophical technical term, Cic., Tusc., 4, 23, 51). To render tolerable, lenire; mitigare (to assuage, soothe); levare (to lighten). Use makes toil more tolerable, consuetudine levior fit labor. Considerable, tolerabilis: mediocris: modicus: non exiguus: satis magnus: non contemnendus: aliquantus (moderate): quem, quod aequo animo spectare, audire possis (that one can endure to see or hear; of actors and plays, of an orator and his speech; Vid: Cic., De Or., 1, 5, 18).