unattainable
unattainable
adj.
P. and V. ἀ̆δύνατος, V. οὐ θηρά̄σῐμος.
adj.
P. and V. ἀ̆δύνατος, V. οὐ θηρά̄σῐμος.
UNATTAINABLE
quod assequi (consequi etc.) non or nullo modo possumus (queas etc.). Diogenes said that the pleasures he enjoyed were unattainable by the Persian monarch Diogenes dixit suas voluptates regem Persarum consequi nullo modo posse. To pursue an object that is unattainable sequi quod assequi non queas.
quod assequi (consequi etc.) non or nullo modo possumus (queas etc.). Diogenes said that the pleasures he enjoyed were unattainable by the Persian monarch Diogenes dixit suas voluptates regem Persarum consequi nullo modo posse. To pursue an object that is unattainable sequi quod assequi non queas.
unattainable:
1. arduus: Hor. Od. 1, 3, 37.
2. expr. by perficio, attingo, consequor, etc. with neg.: nothing is u. for the Claudii, nil Claudiae non perficient manus, ib. 4, 4, 73: to pursue what is u., sequi quod assequi nequeas, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110: if these things were u., si haec neque attingere ... possemus, id. Arch. 7, 17: v.TO ATTAIN , SURMOUNT , SURPASS .
1. arduus: Hor. Od. 1, 3, 37.
2. expr. by perficio, attingo, consequor, etc. with neg.: nothing is u. for the Claudii, nil Claudiae non perficient manus, ib. 4, 4, 73: to pursue what is u., sequi quod assequi nequeas, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110: if these things were u., si haec neque attingere ... possemus, id. Arch. 7, 17: v.