English → Latin
“impalpable” in Latin
intāctilisintangibletenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impalpable
intactilis (Lucr., 1, 438), or, by circumlocution, quod tactu non sentimus, etc., or by minutissimus, tenuissimus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impalpable?
- The usual Latin words for “impalpable” are intāctilis, tenuis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.