impetrabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

impĕtrābĭlis (inp-), e, adj. [impetro].

I Pass. , easy to be obtained , attainable (rare; not in Cic. and Caes.): cui postulanti triumphum rerum gestarum magnitudo impetrabilem faciebat, Liv. 39, 29, 4: venia, id. 36, 33, 5: omnia et tuta apud Romanos, id. 25, 29, 8: votum facite Junoni, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 101: quo impetrabilior pax esset, Liv. 30, 16, 15.—

II Act. , that easily obtains or effects , successful (ante- and postclass.): non potuit venire orator magis ad me impetrabilis, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 40: impetrabilior qui vivat, nullus est, id. Merc. 3, 4, 20: Nicator Seleucus efficaciae impetrabilis rex, Anim. 14, 8: dies, on which a wish is gained , favorable , propitious , Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6: efficacia, Amm. 14, 8, 6; 15, 8, 21.— Adv.: impĕtrābĭlĭter , in a way likely to attain : impetrabilius, Symm. Or. pro Patr. 4 Mai.

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