English → Latin
“inaccessible” in Latin
inaccessusunapproached, unapproachable, inaccessible; unattainablesaxumstone, rock (a large, rough fragment of rock); wall of stoneviaroad, street, path; highway; way, method, manner, mode
The English word inaccessible itself goes back to Latin accessibilis, through inaccessibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inaccessible
inaccessus (post-classical; Plin.): aditu carens (which there is no approaching; e.g., saxa): quo adire fas non est (which it is not lawful to approach). Somewhat inaccessible, difficilior aditu. Inaccessible to anything, impenetrabilis alicui rei (not to be penetrated by it; e.g., specus imbribus). To make anything inaccessible, aliquid ex omni aditu claudere (to cut off all approach to it); aliquid obsepire (to block it up; e.g., viam).
IMPROPR., rari aditus (of a person who does not easily allow himself to be approached). To make one’s self inaccessible, aditum petentibus conveniendi non dare: anybody is inaccessible, aditus ad aliquem interclusi sunt: to be inaccessible to bribes, animum adversus dona incorruptum gerere (after Sall., Jug., 43, fin): to be inaccessible to flattery, assentatoribus aures non patefacere: not to be inaccessible to flattery, assentatoribus aures patefacere; adulari (passively) se sinere (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inaccessible?
- The usual Latin words for “inaccessible” are inaccessus, saxum, via. 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.