indissolubilis

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

in-dissŏlūbĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-dissolvo], that cannot be dissolved or loosed, indissoluble (in Cic. only in the transf. signif.).

I Lit.: nodus, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81. —

II Transf., of persons, indestructible , imperishable : quoniam orti estis, immortales esse et indissolubiles non potestis, Cic. Univ. 11, 35; Lact. Opif. D. 4, 6; Hier. in Isa. 3, 6, 9.—* Adv.: in-dissŏlūbĭlĭ-ter , indissolubly : nexum, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 2.

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