ineluctabilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“un-, in-, not”) +‎ ēlū̆ctābilis (“surmountable”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.neː.luːkˈtaː.bi.lis/, [ɪneːɫ̪uːkˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠] or IPA^(key): /i.neː.lukˈtaː.bi.lis/, [ɪneːɫ̪ʊkˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.ne.lukˈta.bi.lis/, [inelukˈt̪äːbilis]

Adjective

inēlū̆ctābilis (neuter inēlū̆ctābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Insurmountable.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	inēlū̆ctābilis	inēlū̆ctābile		inēlū̆ctābilēs	inēlū̆ctābilia
genitive	inēlū̆ctābilis			inēlū̆ctābilium
dative	inēlū̆ctābilī			inēlū̆ctābilibus
accusative	inēlū̆ctābilem	inēlū̆ctābile		inēlū̆ctābilēs inēlū̆ctābilīs	inēlū̆ctābilia
ablative	inēlū̆ctābilī			inēlū̆ctābilibus
vocative	inēlū̆ctābilis	inēlū̆ctābile		inēlū̆ctābilēs	inēlū̆ctābilia

Related terms

• ēlū̆ctor (“I surmount”)

Descendants

• → English: ineluctable
• → French: inéluctable
• → Italian: ineluttabile
• → Portuguese: inelutável

References

• “ineluctabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ineluctabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ineluctabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.