cannot

ĭn-exōrābĭlis, e, adj.

That cannot be moved by entreaty, inexorable (class.).

Of persons, constr. with in, adversus, contra, or dat.

With in and acc.:

qui inexorabilis in ceteros esse visus sum,

Cic. Sull. 31, 87.—

With adversus:

adversus te et rem tuam,

Liv. 34, 4, 18.—

With contra:

contra improbos nocentesque,

Gell. 14, 4, 3.—

With dat.:

delictis,

Tac. A. 11, 18.—

Absol.: ni me inexorabilem faxis, Pac. ap. Non. 184, 4:

judices,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

Achilles,

Hor. A. P. 121.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

res,

Liv. 2, 3:

disciplina,

inexorably severe, rigorous, Tac. H. 1, 51:

odium,

Ov. M. 5, 244:

fatum,

Verg. G. 2, 491:

claustra,

Val. Max. 4, 8, 2.—

That cannot be obtained by entreaty:

neque inexorabile certe, Quod petimus,

Val. Fl. 5, 321.

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

Lit.:

arx,

Liv. 2, 7, 6: urbes, [p. 942] id. 5, 6, 9; Vell. 2, 115, 3.—

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.

in-frăgĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be broken to pieces.

Lit.:

adamas,

Plin. H. N. 20 prooem. § 2.—

Trop., strong, that cannot be weakened:

vox,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 53:

animi,

Sen. Vit. B. 9.

impătĭens ( inp-), entis, adj. [2. inpatiens].

That cannot bear, will not endure or suffer, impatient of any thing (not ante-Aug.; cf. intolerans).

Of living beings; usu. constr. with gen.; rarely with inf. or absol.

With gen.:

viae,

Ov. M. 6, 322; cf.:

miles impatiens solis, pulveris, tempestatum,

Tac. H. 2, 99:

vulneris,

Verg. A. 11, 639:

morbi,

Suet. Gramm. 3:

morae,

Sil. 8, 4; Suet. Calig. 51; cf.:

aeger morā et spei impatiens,

Tac. H. 2, 40:

maeroris,

Suet. Calig. 24:

longioris sollicitudinis,

id. Oth. 9:

discidii,

id. Dom. 9:

veritatis,

Curt. 3, 2, 17 et saep.:

impatiens expersque viri,

not enduring, avoiding, fleeing, Ov. M. 1, 479:

viri,

id. F. 6, 288:

Nympharum,

id. M. 4, 260:

quasi ab impatientibus remediorum,

Suet. Tib. 59:

somni,

Val. Fl. 1, 296:

morarum,

Amm. 28, 1, 9:

superioris,

Quint. 11, 1, 16.— Poet.: irae, impatient in his wrath, i. e. ungovernably furious, Ov. M. 13, 3; cf.:

Galli flagrantes ira, cujus impatiens gens est,

Liv. 5, 38.— Sup.:

sues ex omnibus pecudibus impatientissimae famis sunt,

Col. 7, 11, 3:

Marius quietis impatientissimus,

Vell. 2, 23, 1.—

With inf.:

cohibere furorem,

Sil. 11, 98:

nescire torum,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 35.—

Absol.:

nihil est impatientius imperitia,

Macr. S. 7, 5 fin.:

impatientissima sollicitudo,

Gell. 12, 1, 22.—

Of things:

corpus laborum impatiens,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 4:

cera impatiens caloris,

id. A. A. 2, 60:

aesculus umoris,

Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 219:

caulis vetustatis,

id. 21, 16, 57, § 97:

navis gubernaculi,

Curt. 9, 4; 11:

terra hominum,

Luc. 7, 866; cf.:

solum Cereris,

id. 9, 857:

mammae lactis,

i. e. that cannot restrain their milk, Plin. 23, 2, 32, § 67.— Sup.:

pisum impatientissimum frigorum,

Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123.—

That does not feel or suffer, insensible, apathetic (post-Aug. and very rare), Lact. 5, 22, 5.—Esp., philos. t. t., of the Stoics, free from sensibility, without feeling:

Epicurus et hi, quibus summum bonum visum est animus impatiens,

Sen. Ep. 9, 1.— Hence, adv.: impătĭenter, impatiently, unwillingly (post-Aug.):

amavi juvenem tam ardenter quam nunc impatienter requiro,

Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 6:

indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.— Comp., Plin. Ep. 6, 1, 1; Just. 12, 15, 3. — Sup., Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2.

impĕnĕtrābĭlis ( inp-), e, adj. [2. inpenetrabilis], that cannot be penetrated, impenetrable (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

silex ferro,

Liv. 36, 25:

superior pars corporis crocodili (with dura),

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2 med.; cf.:

tergus hippopotami ad scuta,

Plin. 8, 25, 39, § 95:

congeries imbribus,

id. 8, 36, 54, § 127:

cruppellarii accipiendis ictibus,

Tac. A. 3, 43:

quae impenetrabilia quaeque pervia,

id. ib. 12, 35.—

Trop., that cannot be overcome, unconquerable, unyielding:

patet impenetrabilis ille Luctibus,

Sil. 6, 413:

impenetrabilis blanditiis,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.:

mens irae,

Sil. 7, 561:

pudicitia Agrippinae,

Tac. A. 4, 12.

irrĕvŏcābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [2. inrevocabilis], that cannot be recalled, irrevocable.

Lit.:

vulgus,

uncontrollable, Luc. 1, 509:

praeterita aetas,

Lucr. 1, 468:

in casum irrevocabilem se dare,

unalterably, Liv. 42, 62, 3:

semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,

Hor. Ep. 1. 18, 71:

constantia,

unchangeable, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 2. —

Transf.: ancorae pondere irrevocabili [p. 1002] jactae, which, on account of their great weight, cannot be drawn back, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 2:

hamus,

id. 16, 35, 65, § 159:

Domitiani natura praeceps in iram et, quo obscurior, eo irrevocabilior,

the more implacable, Tac. Agr. 42:

gladius,

not to be sheathed, Vulg. Ezech. 21, 5:

donatio,

irreversible, Dig. 39, 5, 34.— Adv.: irrĕvŏcābĭlĭter, irrevocably, unchangeably, incessantly, Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 1:

progredi,

Aug. Ep. 120, 24; id. Civ. Dei, 22, 20, 1.

in-sătĭābĭlis, e, adj.

That cannot be satisfied, insatiable:

cupiditas,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44:

gaudium,

id. ib. 5, 25, 70:

crudelitas,

id. Phil. 1, 3, 8:

humanus animus,

Liv. 4, 13, 4:

acquirendi votum,

Juv. 14, 125. —

With gen.:

sanguinis,

Just. 1, 8, 13:

laudis,

Val. Max. 8, 14. 3:

spectaculi,

Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 9, 1.—

That cannot cloy or sate, that never produces satiety:

varietas,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 38:

nulla est insatiabilior species,

id. ib. 2, 62, 155.— Adv.: insătĭābĭlĭter, insatiably:

deflere,

Lucr. 3, 907:

in re inani desidere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 3:

parare memoriam sui,

Tac. A. 4, 38:

opes congerere,

Lact. Ep. 4.

in-sensĭbĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be felt, insensible, imperceptible (post-class.).

Pass.:

morbus,

Ser. Samm. 3, 2. — As subst.: insensĭbĭlĭa, ium, n., things of no account, Lact. 2, 2, 17; 2, 5, 1.—

Things imperceptible, Apul. Asclep. 19, p. 87. —

Trop., incomprehensible:

inenarrabile esse ait, et propemodum insensibile,

Gell. 17, 10, 17.—

Act., that cannot feel, insensible, senseless:

simulacra,

Lact. 6, 13 fin.:

deus,

id. 7, 3, 7; 4, 1, 2 al.— Adv.: insensĭbĭlĭter, insensibly, Cassiod.

in-sensĭbĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be felt, insensible, imperceptible (post-class.).

Pass.:

morbus,

Ser. Samm. 3, 2. — As subst.: insensĭbĭlĭa, ium, n., things of no account, Lact. 2, 2, 17; 2, 5, 1.—

Things imperceptible, Apul. Asclep. 19, p. 87. —

Trop., incomprehensible:

inenarrabile esse ait, et propemodum insensibile,

Gell. 17, 10, 17.—

Act., that cannot feel, insensible, senseless:

simulacra,

Lact. 6, 13 fin.:

deus,

id. 7, 3, 7; 4, 1, 2 al.— Adv.: insensĭbĭlĭter, insensibly, Cassiod.

in-sensĭbĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be felt, insensible, imperceptible (post-class.).

Pass.:

morbus,

Ser. Samm. 3, 2. — As subst.: insensĭbĭlĭa, ium, n., things of no account, Lact. 2, 2, 17; 2, 5, 1.—

Things imperceptible, Apul. Asclep. 19, p. 87. —

Trop., incomprehensible:

inenarrabile esse ait, et propemodum insensibile,

Gell. 17, 10, 17.—

Act., that cannot feel, insensible, senseless:

simulacra,

Lact. 6, 13 fin.:

deus,

id. 7, 3, 7; 4, 1, 2 al.— Adv.: insensĭbĭlĭter, insensibly, Cassiod.

in-tŏlĕrābĭlis, e, adj.

Act., that cannot bear a thing, impatient (ante-class.): didicisset id ferre, et non esset intolerabilis, Afran. ap. Non. 125, 25 (Com. Fragm. v. 255 Rib.). —

Pass., that cannot be borne, insupportable, intolerable (class.):

sumptus,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 59:

odor,

Cic. N. D. 2, 50:

frigus,

id. Rosc. Am. 45: dolor, id. Ac. 2, 8:

potentia,

id. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

vitium,

id. Or. 65 fin.:

verba,

id. ib. 8, 26:

insolentia,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14:

saevitia,

Gai. Inst. 1, 53; Liv. 1, 53, 5:

regium nomen Romae,

id. 27, 19:

Cornelius arrogantiā,

Suet. Galb. 14:

vitium,

Juv. 6, 413: injuria, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 3, 3, 2.— Comp.:

multo intolerabilior,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1:

factum,

Suet. Caes. 78:

intolerabilius nihil est quam femina dives,

Juv. 6, 460.—

Irresistible:

vis Romanorum,

Liv. 6, 32, 8.— Adv.: intŏlĕrābĭlĭter, insupportably, intolerably, Col. 1, 4, 9.

in-tŏlĕrans, antis, adj.

Act., that cannot bear or endure a thing (syn. impatiens), impatient, intolerant (not anteAug.); constr. with gen.:

secundarum rerum nemo intolerantior fuit,

Liv. 9, 18:

corpora intolerantissima laboris atque aestus,

id. 10, 28:

omnium,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

aequalium,

id. H. 4, 80.—

Pass., = intolerandus, that cannot be borne, insufferable, intolerable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): curae, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.— Comp.:

servitus,

Tac. A. 3, 45; cf.:

vir ingens gloriā, atque eo ferocior, et subjectis intolerantior,

id. ib. 11, 10:

nihil insultatione barbarorum intolerantius fuit,

Flor. 4, 12, 36.— Adv.: intŏlĕranter, intolerably, immoderately, excessively (class.):

dolere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9.— Comp.:

intolerantius insequi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 51:

se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52.— Sup.:

intolerantissime gloriari,

id. Vatin. 12, 29.

in-tŏlĕrans, antis, adj.

Act., that cannot bear or endure a thing (syn. impatiens), impatient, intolerant (not anteAug.); constr. with gen.:

secundarum rerum nemo intolerantior fuit,

Liv. 9, 18:

corpora intolerantissima laboris atque aestus,

id. 10, 28:

omnium,

Tac. A. 2, 75:

aequalium,

id. H. 4, 80.—

Pass., = intolerandus, that cannot be borne, insufferable, intolerable (ante-class. and post-Aug.): curae, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.— Comp.:

servitus,

Tac. A. 3, 45; cf.:

vir ingens gloriā, atque eo ferocior, et subjectis intolerantior,

id. ib. 11, 10:

nihil insultatione barbarorum intolerantius fuit,

Flor. 4, 12, 36.— Adv.: intŏlĕranter, intolerably, immoderately, excessively (class.):

dolere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 9.— Comp.:

intolerantius insequi,

Caes. B. G. 7, 51:

se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52.— Sup.:

intolerantissime gloriari,

id. Vatin. 12, 29.

irrĕvŏcābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [2. inrevocabilis], that cannot be recalled, irrevocable.

Lit.:

vulgus,

uncontrollable, Luc. 1, 509:

praeterita aetas,

Lucr. 1, 468:

in casum irrevocabilem se dare,

unalterably, Liv. 42, 62, 3:

semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,

Hor. Ep. 1. 18, 71:

constantia,

unchangeable, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 2. —

Transf.: ancorae pondere irrevocabili [p. 1002] jactae, which, on account of their great weight, cannot be drawn back, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 2:

hamus,

id. 16, 35, 65, § 159:

Domitiani natura praeceps in iram et, quo obscurior, eo irrevocabilior,

the more implacable, Tac. Agr. 42:

gladius,

not to be sheathed, Vulg. Ezech. 21, 5:

donatio,

irreversible, Dig. 39, 5, 34.— Adv.: irrĕvŏcābĭlĭter, irrevocably, unchangeably, incessantly, Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 1:

progredi,

Aug. Ep. 120, 24; id. Civ. Dei, 22, 20, 1.

irrĕvŏcābĭlis ( inr-), e, adj. [2. inrevocabilis], that cannot be recalled, irrevocable.

Lit.:

vulgus,

uncontrollable, Luc. 1, 509:

praeterita aetas,

Lucr. 1, 468:

in casum irrevocabilem se dare,

unalterably, Liv. 42, 62, 3:

semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,

Hor. Ep. 1. 18, 71:

constantia,

unchangeable, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 2. —

Transf.: ancorae pondere irrevocabili [p. 1002] jactae, which, on account of their great weight, cannot be drawn back, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 2:

hamus,

id. 16, 35, 65, § 159:

Domitiani natura praeceps in iram et, quo obscurior, eo irrevocabilior,

the more implacable, Tac. Agr. 42:

gladius,

not to be sheathed, Vulg. Ezech. 21, 5:

donatio,

irreversible, Dig. 39, 5, 34.— Adv.: irrĕvŏcābĭlĭter, irrevocably, unchangeably, incessantly, Sen. Q. N. 2, 35, 1:

progredi,

Aug. Ep. 120, 24; id. Civ. Dei, 22, 20, 1.

ne-scĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a., not to know, to be ignorant (syn. ignoro):

hunc nescire sat scio de illā amicā,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 48:

nescis cui maledicas nunc viro,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 29:

nec me pudet fateri nescire, quod nesciam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

de Oropo opinor, sed certum nescio,

id. Att. 12, 23, 2:

quid nobis agendum sit, nescio,

id. ib. 7, 12, 2:

anima sit (animus) ignisve, nescio,

id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

nescis quantā cum expectatione sim te auditurus,

you cannot think, id. N. D. 3, 1, 2:

nescis, temeraria, nescis, Quem fugias,

Ov. M. 1, 514:

nobis omnia de te Quaerere, si nescis, maxima cura fuit,

id. H. 17, 197; 20, 150:

quod scis or scies, nescis, a formula used in advising another to keep a secret: ne tu hercle linguam comprimes Posthac: etiam illud quod scies nesciveris,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 89:

tu nescis id quod scis, Dromo, si sapies,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 26; id. Eun. 4, 4, 55.—With acc. and inf.:

nescibam id dicere illam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 10:

nescit Agenorides natam parvumque nepotem Aequoris esse deos,

Ov. M. 4, 562.—With inf. alone:

nescire Tarquinios privatos vivere,

Liv. 2, 2, 3:

gens, quae victa quiescere nesciat,

id. 9, 3, 12; 22, 51, 4; Curt. 7, 7, 16; Just. 28, 3, 12; Aug. Serm. 330, 3.—

Pass.:

utrum consistere uspiam velit an mare transire nescitur,

Cic. Att. 7, 12, 2:

talibus locis pruinarum vis et natura nescitur,

Pall. 11, 4, 2:

lis antea nescita,

unknown, Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—

Nescio quis, nescio quid, nescio quomodo, nescio an, used in an assertion to express uncertainty with regard to some particular contained [p. 1204] in it; and usually without influencing the mood of the following verb: nescio quis, I know not who, some one, somebody, a certain person: nescio quid, I know not what, something, some, a certain:

prope me hic nescio quis loquitur,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 9:

nescio quid profecto mihi animus praesagit mali,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 7:

nisi me forte Paconii nescio cujus querelis moveri putes,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6:

o pastores nescio quos cupidos litterarum,

id. Flacc. 17, 39; in affected ignorance, to denote that a thing is insignificant, small, mean, etc.:

fortasse non jejunum hoc nescio quid quod ego gessi, et contemnendum videtur,

id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

quia nescio quid in philosophiā dissentiret,

a little, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

nescio quid litterularum,

a short letter, id. Att. 15, 4, 1:

rumoris nescio quid afflavit,

id. ib. 16, 5, 1:

causidicum nescio quem,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram,

id. Att. 13, 28, 2:

sententiae nescio unde ex abdito erutae,

id. Or. 24, 79:

nescio quid etiam de Locrorum proelio,

id. N. D. 3, 5, 11:

mente nescio quā effrenatā atque praecipiti,

id. Cael. 15, 35:

illud nescio quod non fortuitum, sed divinum videbatur,

id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: nescio quid praeclarum, remarkable or extraordinary excellence, id. Arch. 7, 15:

fit enim, nescio quomodo, ut, etc.,

I know not how, id. Off. 1, 41, 146:

boni nescio quomodo tardiores sunt,

id. Sest. 47, 100:

qui, nescio quo modo, conspirant,

Nep. Alcib. 11, 1; id. Thras. 1, 3:

casu nescio quo,

Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3:

alii nescio quo pacto obduruerunt,

id. ib. 5, 15, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18:

sed ita fato nescio quo contigisse arbitror, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 15, 13, 2; cf.:

contra rem suam me nescio quando venisse questus est,

id. Phil. 2, 2, 3: nescio an, I know not whether, probably, perhaps:

constantiam dico? nescio an melius patientiam possim dicere,

id. Lig. 9, 26:

sin illam alteram, nescio an amplius mihi negotii contrahatur,

id. Cat. 4, 5, 9:

ingens eo die res et nescio an maxima illo bello gesta sit,

Liv. 23, 16; v. the art. an.—

In partic.

Not to know, to be unacquainted with a person or thing (mostly poet.):

illa illum nescit,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 30; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 16:

non nescire hiemem,

Verg. G. 1, 391:

deos,

Luc. 1, 453:

litteras,

Sen. Clem. 2, 1:

vinum toto nescire Decembri,

i. e. to abstain from, Juv. 7, 97.—

Not to understand; to be unable:

non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,

Cic. Brut. 37, 140; Juv. 6, 188:

stare loco nescit, said of a horse,

Verg. G. 3, 84:

nescit vox missa reverti,

cannot be unsaid, Hor. A. P. 390.—

To be incapable:

Stoici omnino irasci nesciunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 18, 65:

qui nesciat irasci,

Juv. 10, 360.—Hence, nescĭens, entis, P. a., unknowing, ignorant, unaware (class. nescius):

ut nescientem sentiat te id sibi dare,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 59:

nesciens sui,

unconscious, App. Mag. p. 301, 9.—Hence, adv.: nescĭenter, unknowingly, ignorantly, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 40.