adjective

ĭn-extrīcābĭlis

neut. ĭn-extrīcābĭle

2. in-extrico

that cannot be disengaged; disentangled; inextricable poetic

that cannot be disengaged or disentangled, inextricable (poet. and post-Aug.).

that cannot be disengaged; separated •

Lit.: error (of the mazes of the labyrinth, from which one could not find his way out), Verg. A. 6, 27: cortex, that cannot be disengaged or separated. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188: litus, where one cannot disembark, Sil. 4, 584.—

inextricably figuratively ••

Trop.: errores, Lact. 3, 17, 17: Stomachi inextricabilia vitia, incurable, Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 232: perfectio, inexplicable, indescribable, id. 11, 2, 1, § 2.—* Adv.: ĭnextrīcābĭlĭter, inextricably: contorta fatorum licia, App. M. 11, p. 269, 37.

Perseus ID: n23091 Key: inextricabilis