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in-sŭpĕrābĭlis , e, adj.,
I.that cannot be passed over.
I. Lit., insurmountable: “transitus Alpium,Liv. 21, 23: “via,id. ib. 36. —
II. Transf.
A. Unconquerable: “genus bello,Verg. A. 4, 40; cf.: “caput bello,Ov. M. 12, 613.— Of a disease, incurable: “valetudo,Plin. Ep. 2, 2.—
B. Unavoidable, inevitable: “fatum,Ov. M. 15, 807: “necessitas fati,Gell. 13, 1.—Adv.: insŭpĕrābĭ-lĭter , unconquerably, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 8.
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