tolerantem

Tolerantem is a Latin form derived from the verb tolerare, meaning to bear, endure, or tolerate. It is the accusative singular of the present active participle tolerans, which translates roughly as “tolerating” or “the one who tolerates.” As a participle, tolerantem functions as an adjective or as part of a participial phrase, agreeing with a masculine or feminine noun in the accusative case when used attributively or in certain syntactic constructions.

Morphology and relation to tolerare: The present active participle tolerans comes from tolerare with the typical Latin participle suffix -ans. Its principal parts are tolerare, tolerans, tolerantis, toleranti, tolerante. The accusative singular form, tolerantem, is the standard form encountered when the participle modifies a noun in the accusative or appears in an accusative clause. Other forms decline like a standard third-declension participle: tolerans (nominative masculine), tolerantis (genitive), toleranti (dative), tolerante (ablative), with corresponding concord in gender and number for the noun it modifies.

Usage and meaning: In classical Latin, tolerantem is used to express ongoing toleration and can describe a person or thing performing the act of tolerating, or it can appear in descriptive or circumstantial clauses. In English translations, it is commonly rendered as “tolerating” or as “the one who tolerates,” depending on context. As a morphological form, it is not a separate lexical item but a specific inflected form of tolerans.

See also: tolerare, Latin participles, Latin grammar.