English → Latin
“impracticable” in Latin
rigidusstiff, rigid, hard, inflexible; stern, strict, severe, hard, inflexiblepertināxpersevering, obstinate; pertinacious; tenaciousflectōto bend, curve or bow; to deviate, distract; to turn or curlinviusimpassable, inaccessible, impenetrable; trackless, pathless, without a road or way throughdifficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manageimperviusimpassable; imperviousimpediōto hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart; to embarrassinexplicābilisinexplicable
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impracticable
quod effici or fieri non potest: quite impracticable, quod nullo pacto fieri potest. Anything is found impracticable, aliquid usus coarguit.
Of persons: rigidus: pertinax: qui regi: flecti, etc.: non potest.
Impassable: invius: difficillimus: impervius (iter, Tac.): impeditus: inexplicabilis (hardly passable, if at all).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impracticable?
- The usual Latin words for “impracticable” are rigidus, pertināx, flectō; also invius, difficilis, impervius. 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.