I.that cannot be crossed or passed over, insurmountable (a favorite word with Livy).
I. Lit.: “Alpes,” Liv. 5, 34, 6: “ripa,” id. 44, 35, 8: “serrae,” id. 21, 30, 7: “manu,” Vell. 2, 32, 4; cf. id. 2, 120, 2.—Comp.: “inexsuperabilior saltus fuit,” Liv. 36, 17, 3.—
II. Trop.: “vis fati,” unconquerable, invincible, Liv. 8, 7, 8: “bonum,” unsurpassable, Sen. Ep. 85.—Plur. as subst.: “inexsuperabilibus vim afferre,” to overcome impossibilities, Liv. 38, 20, 8.
