English → Latin
“inconceivable” in Latin
percipiōto seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control); to perceive, observe, notice; to feecomprehendōto lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip; to seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold omēnsmind; intellect, reason; reasoning, judgement
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inconceivable
quod cogitari (percipi, comprehendi, or mente or cogitatione comprehendi) non potest: quod cogitare non possumus: quod mens et cogitatio capere non potest. Anything is inconceivable, nequeo aliquid intelligere et cogitatione comprehendere: inconceivable folly, surmna dementia: it seems inconceivable folly to, etc., summae dementiae esse judico (with infinitive): the notion of a soul without a body is inconceivable, animum sine corpore intelligere non possumus; qualis sit animus corpore vacans, intelligere et cogitatione comprehendere non possumus. Vid: INCOMPREHENSIBLE for phrases.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inconceivable?
- The usual Latin words for “inconceivable” are percipiō, comprehendō, mēns. 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.