adjective

ĭn-explēbĭlis

neut. ĭn-explēbĭle

2. in-expleo

that cannot be filled; insatiable

that cannot be filled, insatiable (class.).

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Lit.: inexplebilis potu, Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 88. stomachus, Sen. Ep. 89 fin.; cf.: populi fauces, Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 66.—

figuratively ••

Trop.: cupiditas, Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16: vir inexplebilis virtutis veraeque laudis, Liv. 28, 17, 2: honorum fames, Flor. 3, 21, 6: colloquiorum, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 15, 1.

Perseus ID: n23070 Key: inexplebilis