inextricabilis

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.

in-extrīcābilis, e (in u. extrico), unentwirrbar, unlösbar, I) eig.: labyrinthus, Varro fr.: exitus (labyrinthi), Mythogr. Lat.: error, Irrgänge, aus denen man sich nicht herausfinden kann, Verg. (u. so errores, bildl., Lact. 3, 17, 17): u. so litus, Sil.: cortex, unablösbare, Plin. – II) übtr.: incomperta et inextricabilia, Plin.: vitia, unheilbare, Plin.: perfectio, unbeschreibliche, Plin.

inextricabilis [CL] 1 that cannot be disentangled. a705 abbati Aldhelmo, mihi ~ibus ignitae caritatis nodis ‥ adstricto (Æthelwald) Ep. Aldh. 2 (7) p. 495; 1033 (12c) obligetur ~ium nodorum habenis perpetuae dampnationis CD 752; elegit ‥ exulare quam egregium consulem ~ibus nodis nectere Ord. Vit. XII 39 p. 459. 2 inescapable. scias te ~ibus tenebrosisque ignium torrentibus jamjamque inferni rotandum urendumque Gildas EB 29; Aldh. VirgP 28 (v. 1 finis 5f); omnes tui, te cadente, protinus deputentur ~ibus erumnis Ord. Vit. XI 24 p. 242; s1142 ~ilem laberinthum rerum et negotiorum que acciderunt in Anglia aggredior evolvere W. Malm. HN III prol. p. 46; a contuitu veri boni cupidine mala quasi ~i unco retorquetur Pull. Sent. 770A; 1166 ei videtur ~is laberinthus J. Sal. Ep. 145 p. 108(168); perditissime hominum, ‥ que cerebrum tuum exturbavit Erinnys, ut gutturi tuo laqueum ~em injiceres P. Blois Ep. 79. 243c. 3 intractable, insoluble; b unanalysable. 679 quicquid ‥ confusum et indiscretum est ~es atque inexplebiles dissensiones exaggerat CS 46; †inextriusecabilis [MS: inextricabilis], insolubilis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 292; Alb. Lond. DG 6. 8 (v. eruere 2); 1287 perplexitates ~es in causis matrimonialibus sepius inducuntur Conc. Syn. 997; lis ~is Elmh. Cant. 281.  b c745 hostis callidi ~is astutia (Dan. Wint.) Ep. Bonif. 64. 4 that cannot be stripped off or detached. loricam fidei ~em Aldh. VirgP 11; 745 terrae partem in ~em possessionem ‥ ad Maldunense monasterium largitus sum CS 170; 967 hoc ‥ decretum ‥ taliter ‥ servari decernimus, ut ‥ ~i lege firmiter roboretur CS 1195; loricam fidei ~em pro umbonibus gestantes Byrht. V. Ecgwini 392; divina compes fugientem constrinxit et furtigerulum pedem radicitus fixit ‥ rea ~is resistit Gosc. Edith 101.

ĭnextrīcābĭlis, (14) e (in, extrico), ¶ 1 dʼoù lʼon ne peut se tirer, inextricable : Virg. En. 6, 27 || quʼon ne peut arracher : Plin. 16, 188 ¶ 2 [fig.] incurable : Plin. 20, 232 || indescriptible : Plin. 11, 2.

inextricabilis , e. adj.
不可解。紊者。Inextricabilia vitia 不可醫之病。

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in-extrīcābilis e, adj.,

• not to be unravelled, inextricable: error (of the labyrinth), V.