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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,Cic. 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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.3.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.14
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 45
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.35
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 3.5
    • Suetonius, Galba, 14
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 78
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 32.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 53.5
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.50
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.4.9
    • Cicero, Orator, 65
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