Intolerabilis

Intolerabilis is a Latin adjective meaning "not tolerable" or "unbearable." It describes something that cannot be endured or accepted. In classical Latin, it could modify a noun to express extreme hardship, difficulty, or repugnance, such as a labor, condition, or behavior that one cannot bear.

Etymology and form: Intolerabilis is formed from in- "not" and tolerare "to endure." It belongs to the -ilis class of adjectives and has the masculine and feminine nominative singular intolerabilis, the neuter intolerabile, with standard agreement in gender, number, and case.

Usage: The term appears in Latin prose and poetry to convey severity or extremity. Because it is a literal compound of common roots, it is not a fixed technical term but a descriptive one, used similarly to "intolerable" in English. In scholarly Latin, it may occur in phrases such as "condicio intolerabilis" or "labor intolerabilis" to express unbearable conditions, pains, or affronts.

Modern usage: In English-language scholarship and in fictional or stylistic writing, intolerabilis is sometimes used to evoke Latin diction or to title works, objects, or concepts with a sense of classical gravitas. It is not a standalone term with a separate, established concept beyond its literal meaning in Latin.

Taxonomic notes: In biology and botany, Latin epithets such as intolerabilis may appear in species names, but there is no widely recognized taxon that relies on the term as a defining notion. Such use remains stylistic rather than systematic.

See also: intolerable, tolerable, tolerance, intolerance, Latin adjectives.