inaccessus

inaccessus , a, um: (adj.), difficult of approach, perilous to be approached; dangerous, 7.11; impervious, 8.195.

ĭn-accessus, a, um, adj., unapproached, unapproachable, inaccessible (cf.: invius, impervius, devius, avius).

• I Lit. (poet. and post-Aug.): mare scopulis inaccessum, Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52: montes, id. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 10, 12, 16, § 34; Flor. 3, 1, 14: aditus, Sil. 3, 516: lucus, Verg. A. 7, 11: spelunca radiis solis, id. ib. 8, 195.—
• II Trop., unattainable: Pindarus imitationi, Macr. S. 5, 17, 7: formositas, Ap. Met. 4, 28, 10.

in-accessus, a, um (in u. accedo), unzugänglich, a) eig.: lucus, Verg.: arx, Plin. pan.: aditus, Flor.: rupes, Vulg.: montes scopulis (durch F.)., Plin.: saltus, Plin. u. Flor.: Rhaeticarum Alpium inaccessus ac praeceps vertex, Tac.: terras diluvialis irruptio inaccessas reliquit, Solin.: neutr. pl. subst., vagi per inaccessa mapalium, durch die unz. Wohnstätten, Tac. hist. 4, 50. – b) übtr., unerreichbar, formositas, Apul. met. 4, 28: pulchritudo, Amm. 31, 16, 7: Pindarus, quem Flaccus imitationi inaccessum fatetur, Macr. sat. 5, 17, 7.

1 inaccessus [CL] 1 that is not or may not be approached, inaccessible; b (fig.). Brittania Romanis ‥ ~a atque incognita fuit Bede HE I 2; provintia ‥ propter longinquitatem Normannis ~a W. Malm. Wulfst. II 1; [Antiochia] altera parte obsessa non fuit quoniam tam porrectis et ~is coangustabatur scopulis et montanis Ord. Vit. IX 9 p. 520; mandatum est eis ut ~i a Romano populo et intacti vectigal reddant G. Mon. IV 1; insuperabilem loci contuens munitionem ‥ marino gurgite alluente ~am G. Steph. 37; villa ‥ per nos ~a propter fluvios ‥ prohibentes G. Hen. V 5.  b nihil inquam mihi ~ius esse quam ‥ meam intentionem subdere Adel. QN prol. p. 1. 2 not approached by any rival, unequalled. tibi laudes ‥ / ‥ / phono fundunt indefesso / quas virtutum inaccesso / cono supergrederis Walt. Wimb. Virgo 138.

2 inaccessus [2 in- + accessus] , difficulty of access or approach. Stygia regna ‥ ad quae tantus ~us est sine superbia et ira ut difficile dictu fuat Liv. Op. 167.

ĭnaccessus, (14) a, um, inaccessible : Virg. En. 7, 11 ; Plin. 12, 52.

in-accessus adj.,

• unapproached, inaccessible: lucus, V.: spelunca radiis, V.