tolerō āvī, ātus, āre TAL-, to bear, endure, support, sustain, suffer: militiam: difficile toleratu: mores, T.: aequo animo servitutem, S.: cursūs, O.: sitim aestumque, Ta.: quis tolerare potest, illis divitias superare? etc., S.: paulo longius tolerari posse, i. e. they might hold out, Cs.

—To support, nourish, maintain, sustain, preserve: his rationibus equitatum tolerare, Cs.: vitam, Cs.: colo vitam, V.: inopiam, S.