English → Latin
“irresistible” in Latin
invictusunconquered, unsubdued; invincible, undisputed, undefeatedīnsuperābilisinsurmountable; unconquerable, indomitable; inevitableprexprayer; request; entreaty
The English word irresistible itself goes back to Latin sistō, through irresistibilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
irresistible
cui nulla vi resisti potest: invictus (unconquerable; insuperabilis and inexsuperabilis are poetical in this sense). Almost irresistible, cui vix ullo modo obsisti potest: irresistible prayers or solicitations, preces, quibus resistere non possumus: irresistible eloquence, *eloquentia omnium animos permovens; *incredibilis vis dicendi: to sway the mind in an irresistible manner, in omnium animos penetrare (of a speech, etc., after Cic., Brut., 38, 142): to draw anybody into anything in an irresistible manner, aliquem rapere ad aliquid; aliquem praecipitem agere ad aliquid: an irresistible necessity, inexpugnabilis necessitas (e.g., dormiendi, Cels.): an irresistible argument, argumentum firmissimum: ratio quae vim affert in docendo: to establish anything by irresistible arguments, necessarie demonstrare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for irresistible?
- The usual Latin words for “irresistible” are invictus, īnsuperābilis, prex. 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.