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invĭus , a, um, adj. 2. in-via,
I.without a road, impassable (syn.: inaccessus, devius; not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.: “lustra,” Verg. A. 4, 151: “longa via,” id. ib. 3, 383: “saltus,” Liv. 9, 14: “per invias atque ignotas rupes iter,” id. 38, 2 fin.: “saxa,” Verg. A. 1, 537: “maria Teucris,” Verg. A. 9, 130: “rupibus regio,” Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52: “virtuti nulla est via,” Ov. M. 14, 113.— Neutr.: “nil virtuti invium,” Tac. Agr. 27.— With inf.: “Acheron invius renavigari,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 715. — Subst.: invĭa , ōrum, n. plur., impassable places: “per invia pleraque et errores,” Liv. 21, 35: “per vias inviaque,” id. 23, 17: “per vias, per invia,” id. 38, 23: “dumosa,” Sil. 4, 305.—
II. Transf., inaccessible, impenetrable: “regna,” impenetrable, Verg. A. 6, 514: templa, Ov. M. 11, 414: “tot bellis invia tecta,” Sil. 14, 639: “Sarmaticis lorica sagittis,” Mart. 7, 2.
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 (15):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.414
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.113
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.537
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.151
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.514
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.130
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 27
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 17
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 23
    • Seneca, Hercules Furens, 715
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 7.2
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