English → Latin
“unanswerable” in Latin
īnfirmōto weaken, enfeeble, deprive of strength; to invalidate, disprove, disputefirmusstrong, powerful; stable, firm; faithful, steadfast, trueinvictusunconquered, unsubdued; invincible, undisputed, undefeated
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unanswerable
quod convelli, infirmari, revinci non potest: contra quod dici nihil potest: firmus: invictus. To convince anybody by unanswerable arguments, aliquem necessariis argumentis vincere. This appears to me unanswerable, haec mihi quidem videntur non posse convelli (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unanswerable?
- The usual Latin words for “unanswerable” are īnfirmō, firmus, invictus. 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.