adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
inextrīcābilis
inextrīcābilis (neuter inextrīcābile)
Classical[ɪ.nɛk.striːˈkaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[i.nek.striˈkaː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationinextricable (impossible to disentangle)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | inextrīcābilis | inextrīcābilis | inextrīcābile |
| genitive | inextrīcābilis | inextrīcābilis | inextrīcābilis |
| dative | inextrīcābilī | inextrīcābilī | inextrīcābilī |
| accusative | inextrīcābilem | inextrīcābilem | inextrīcābile |
| ablative | inextrīcābilī | inextrīcābilī | inextrīcābilī |
| vocative | inextrīcābilis | inextrīcābilis | inextrīcābile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | inextrīcābilēs | inextrīcābilēs | inextrīcābilia |
| genitive | inextrīcābilium | inextrīcābilium | inextrīcābilium |
| dative | inextrīcābilibus | inextrīcābilibus | inextrīcābilibus |
| accusative | inextrīcābilīs inextrīcābilēs | inextrīcābilīs inextrīcābilēs | inextrīcābilia |
| ablative | inextrīcābilibus | inextrīcābilibus | inextrīcābilibus |
| vocative | inextrīcābilēs | inextrīcābilēs | inextrīcābilia |
ĭn-extrīcābĭlis, e, adj. 2. in-extrico,
I. that cannot be disengaged or disentangled, inextricable (poet. and post-Aug.).
I. Lit.:
error (of the mazes of the labyrinth, from which one could not find his way out), Verg. A. 6, 27: cortex, that cannot be disengaged or separated. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188: litus, where one cannot disembark, Sil. 4, 584.— II. Trop.:
errores, Lact. 3, 17, 17: Stomachi inextricabilia vitia, incurable, Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 232: perfectio, inexplicable, indescribable, id. 11, 2, 1, § 2.—* Adv.: ĭnextrīcābĭlĭter, inextricably: contorta fatorum licia, App. M. 11, p. 269, 37.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
in-extrīcābilis e, adj.,
not to be unravelled, inextricable: error (of the labyrinth), V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latininextrīcābilis
Latin extrīcō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin inextrīcābilis From in- + extrīcō + -bilis.
Descendants
- Frenchinextricable
In English words that came into English from inextrīcābilis
- inextricableinextrīcābilis