inaccessus

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

ĭn-accessus, a, um, adj., unapproached, unapproachable, inaccessible (cf.: invius, impervius, devius, avius).

I Lit. (poet. and post-Aug.): mare scopulis inaccessum, Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52: montes, id. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 10, 12, 16, § 34; Flor. 3, 1, 14: aditus, Sil. 3, 516: lucus, Verg. A. 7, 11: spelunca radiis solis, id. ib. 8, 195.—

II Trop., unattainable : Pindarus imitationi, Macr. S. 5, 17, 7: formositas, Ap. Met. 4, 28, 10.

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