English → Latin
“inextricable” in Latin
indissolūbilisindissoluble, not able to be dissolved; indestructibleinextrīcābilisinextricable (impossible to disentangle)nōdusa knot (in rope); a knot (in wood); a knobvinculumAny instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link; a bond, obligation, binlaqueusnoose; snare, gin, trap; chains, catenaundeof what origin, country, family, stock; out of what, from what origin or source; (loosely) by what means, on account of numquamnever, at no time; not at all, by no meansvixwith difficulty, with effort; scarcely, hardly, barely; hardly, merely, just, scarcely
The English word inextricable itself goes back to Latin trīcae, through inextricabilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inextricable
indissolubilis (PROP., that cannot be untied, nodus, PROP.; post-Augustan): inextricabilis (e.g., vincula, laquei; also, res difficilis et inextricabilis): unde (or ex aliquo, aliqua, etc.) nunquam (vix, etc.) te expedies. To get into an inextricable difficulty, in magnam difficultatem incurrere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inextricable?
- The usual Latin words for “inextricable” are indissolūbilis, inextrīcābilis, nōdus; also vinculum, laqueus, unde. 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.