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ĭn-expugnābĭlis , e, adj.,
I.that cannot be taken by assault, impregnable, inexpugnable (class.)
I. Lit.: “arx,” Liv. 2, 7, 6: urbes, id. 5, 6, 9; Vell. 2, 115, 3.—
II. Trop., unconquerable, in assured safety: “homo,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41: “terra,” impenetrable, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 72: “gramen,” that cannot be rooted out, Ov. M. 5, 486: “pectus Amori,” id. ib. 11, 767: “finitio verborum,” Quint. 7, 3, 18: “necessitas dormiendi,” Cels. 3, 20.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.767
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.486
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 7.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 6.9
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 3.18
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