I.that cannot be unfolded or loosened, inextricable, intricate (class. only in the trop. signif.).
I. Lit.: “vinculum,” Curt. 3, 1, 13: “error viarum,” Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 87: “laquei,” Quint. 5, 10, 101.—
B. Transf.: “viae continuis imbribus,” impassable, Liv. 40, 33, 2. —
II. Trop., inexplicable: “o rem, inquis, difficilem et inexplicabilem! atqui explicanda est,” Cic. Att. 8, 3, 6; 10, 2, 2; 15, 9, 2; id. Ac. 2, 29, 95; 2, 30, 97: “facilitas,” Liv. 37, 52, 9: “ambiguitas,” Gell. 14, 2, 3: “multitudo,” innumerable, Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37: “de generibus singulis disserere immensum et inexplicabile est,” impossible, id. 23, 1, 19, § 32: “bellum minitari,” implacable, Tac. A. 3, 73 (al. inexpiabile).—Adv.: ĭnexplĭcābĭlĭter , inextricably, inexplicably (post-class.): “implicare,” Aug. Ep. 255; App. M. 2, p. 115, 21.
