insuperabilis

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

in-sŭpĕrābĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be passed over.

I Lit., insurmountable : transitus Alpium, Liv. 21, 23: via, id. ib. 36. —

II Transf.

A Unconquerable : genus bello, Verg. A. 4, 40; cf.: caput bello, Ov. M. 12, 613.— Of a disease, incurable : valetudo, Plin. Ep. 2, 2.—

B Unavoidable , inevitable : fatum, Ov. M. 15, 807: necessitas fati, Gell. 13, 1.—Adv.: insŭpĕrābĭ-lĭter , unconquerably , Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 8.

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