inaestimabilis

ĭn-aestĭmābĭlis, e, adj.

• In gen., that cannot be estimated or judged of: nihil tam incertum nec tam inaestimabile est quam animi multitudinis, so little to be counted upon, Liv. 31, 34, 3. —
• II In partic.
• • A Inestimable, invaluable, incalculable: quod e grege se imperatorum, velut inaestimabilem, secrevisset, Liv. 35, 14, 12: gaudium, id. 29, 32, 2: monumentum occasionis, Val. Max. 4, 8, 1. — *
  • B Not worthy to be esteemed, valueless, opp. aestimabile, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20.

in-aestimābilis, e, I) unschätzbar, unberechenbar, unzählbar (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 16, 7), 1) eig.: hominum numerus, Lact. 1, 16, 7: vermiculorum agmen, Lact. de mort. pers. 39, 9: mortuorum acervi, Amm. 16, 12, 63: turmae, Amm. 29, 5, 38: magnitudo, Chalcid. Tim. 25 A. – 2) übtr.: a) worüber sich kein sicheres Urteil fällen läßt, nicht sicher zu berechnen, unberechenbar, nihil tam incertum nec tam inaestimabile, quam animi multitudinis, Liv. 31, 34, 3. – b) unschätzbar, von unschätzbarem Werte, unvergleichbar, quod e grege se imperatorum, velut inaestimabilem, secrevisset, Liv.: gaudium, Liv.: bonum, Sen.: momentum occasionis, Val. Max.: nimia et inaest. potestas, Lact. – II) nicht schätzbar, keine (relative) Schätzung zulassend, griech. ἀπαξίαν ἔχων (Ggstz. aestimabilis, ἀξίαν ἔχων), Cic. de fin. 3, 20.

inaestimabilis [CL] 1 that cannot be counted or measured. b that cannot be reckoned in terms of money. peccata mea ‥ ~ia sunt numero et immensitate Anselm (Or. 14) III 59; vasa, tam aurea quam argentea, magni ponderis et ~is pretii W. Malm. HN 463; inextimabiles divitie et queque optima terre ‥ fuerunt inventa Boso V. Pont. 433; depopulationem animarum ~em et inexplicabilem corporum stragem Ad. Marsh Ep. 8 p. 88; s1218 Walo, refertis sarcinis et clitellis †inestimali [l. inestimabili] pecunia, recessit ab Anglia M. Par. Min. II 231.  b a975 (v. decusare); libertas ‥ inestimabilis res est Walt. Angl. Fab. 51. 25 (v. dimidiare 2b). 2 incalculably great or precious; b (w. ref. to God or His attributes). caelum et terram cum omni eorum ~i ornamento fecerit Gildas EB 74; cujus ~is sanctitas fulget Bede Ep. Cath. 57; adicit ~is glorie lapides W. Malm. GP I 2; o ~em ‥ mortalibus gratiam divinitus collatam! Gir. TH I 37; opera hominum ~i decore mirificavit Greg. Mir. Rom. 1; 1290 convenerunt sibi ad invicem in extimabili [? l. inestimabili] ut videbatur cordis affeccione et gaudio occurrentes DCCant. p. 257; a1332 Baldewinus de ~i sacramento, liber j Libr. Cant. Dov. 26; nobiliores cives inestimabili [v. l. inestimali] perfusi gaudio ‥ occurrerunt Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 109; 1536 immensum et ~e bonum Conc. Scot. I ccxlviii.  b a802 Deus ‥ incomprehensibilis, ~is, ineffabilis, invisibilis CS 298; 982 (12c) (v. dispositor 1b); Domine, quo affectu recogitabo ~em caritatem tuam? Anselm (Or. 18) III 71; tu laus interminabilis, / decor inestimabilis J. Howd. Cyth. 3. 2. 3 incalculably harmful. Sueyn ‥ cum parcens nemini dederit omnem patriam vastitati ~i Herm. Arch. 3; Eadmer Excell. B. M. 578B v. l. (v. dejectio 2a); s1252 in dampnum ecclesie ~e (v. extortor); 1303 ne ‥ universitas ‥ per invitam retraccionem scolarium, grave quin potius ~e ‥ sustineat detrimentum MunCOx 4; 1343 ~e periculum (RomR) Foed. V 385b; mortalitas magna ‥ et pestilencia ~is Plusc. VII 10.

ĭnæstĭmābĭlis, (14) e, ¶ 1 quʼon ne saurait évaluer : Liv. 31, 34, 3 || inestimable, inappréciable : Liv. 29, 32, 2 ; 35, 14, 12 ; Val. Max. 4, 8, 1 ¶ 2 indigne dʼêtre estimé, sans valeur : Cic. Fin. 3, 20.

inaestimabilis , e. adj.
無價者。貴之極。不可估者。

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in-aestimābilis e, adj.,

• not to be judged of, unaccountable: animi multitudinis, L.—Inestimable, invaluable, incalculable: e grege se velut inaestimabilem secernere, L.: gaudium, L.—Not estimable, valueless.