ĭn-extrīcābĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-extrico], 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, Ap. Met. 11, 25, 8.