adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
inaestimābilis
inaestimābilis (neuter inaestimābile)
Classical[ɪ.nae̯s.tɪˈmaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[i.nes.tiˈmaː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationthat cannot be estimated or judged
- two terminationinestimable, invaluable, incalculable
- two terminationvalueless, worthless
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī aestimārī nōn potestinaestimābilis -e — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 15
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | inaestimābilis | inaestimābilis | inaestimābile |
| genitive | inaestimābilis | inaestimābilis | inaestimābilis |
| dative | inaestimābilī | inaestimābilī | inaestimābilī |
| accusative | inaestimābilem | inaestimābilem | inaestimābile |
| ablative | inaestimābilī | inaestimābilī | inaestimābilī |
| vocative | inaestimābilis | inaestimābilis | inaestimābile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | inaestimābilēs | inaestimābilēs | inaestimābilia |
| genitive | inaestimābilium | inaestimābilium | inaestimābilium |
| dative | inaestimābilibus | inaestimābilibus | inaestimābilibus |
| accusative | inaestimābilīs inaestimābilēs | inaestimābilīs inaestimābilēs | inaestimābilia |
| ablative | inaestimābilibus | inaestimābilibus | inaestimābilibus |
| vocative | inaestimābilēs | inaestimābilēs | inaestimābilia |
ĭn-aestĭmābĭlis, e, adj.
I. In gen., that cannot be estimated or judged of:
nihil tam incertum nec tam inaestimabile est quam animi multitudinis, so little to be counted upon, Liv. 31, 34, 3. — II. In partic.
A. Inestimable, invaluable, incalculable:
quod e grege se imperatorum, velut inaestimabilem, secrevisset, Liv. 35, 14, 12: gaudium, id. 29, 32, 2: monumentum occasionis, Val. Max. 4, 8, 1. — * B. Not worthy to be esteemed, valueless, opp. aestimabile, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
in-aestimābilis e, adj.,
not to be judged of, unaccountable: animi multitudinis, L.—Inestimable, invaluable, incalculable: e grege se velut inaestimabilem secernere, L.: gaudium, L.—Not estimable, valueless.
Origins
From in- + aestimābilis, from aestimāre.
Descendants
- Italianinestimabile
In English words that came into English from inaestimābilis
- inestimableinaestimābilis