inexpugnabilis

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

ĭn-expugnābĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be taken by assault, impregnable, inexpugnable (class.)

I Lit.: arx, Liv. 2, 7, 6: urbes, id. 5, 6, 9; Vell. 2, 115, 3.—

II Trop., unconquerable , in assured safety : homo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41: terra, impenetrable , Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 72: gramen, that cannot be rooted out , Ov. M. 5, 486: pectus Amori, id. ib. 11, 767: finitio verborum, Quint. 7, 3, 18: necessitas dormiendi, Cels. 3, 20.

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