impenetrabilis

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ penetrābilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /im.pe.neˈtraː.bi.lis/, [ɪmpɛnɛˈt̪räːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.neˈtra.bi.lis/, [impeneˈt̪räːbilis]

Adjective

impenetrābilis (neuter impenetrābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. impenetrable
2. unconquerable, unyielding

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	impenetrābilis	impenetrābile		impenetrābilēs	impenetrābilia
Genitive	impenetrābilis			impenetrābilium
Dative	impenetrābilī			impenetrābilibus
Accusative	impenetrābilem	impenetrābile		impenetrābilēs impenetrābilīs	impenetrābilia
Ablative	impenetrābilī			impenetrābilibus
Vocative	impenetrābilis	impenetrābile		impenetrābilēs	impenetrābilia

Descendants

• Catalan: impenetrable
• French: impénétrable
  • → Romanian: impenetrabil
• Galician: impenetrable
• Italian: impenetrabile
• Occitan: impenetrable
• Portuguese: impenetrável
• Spanish: impenetrable

References

• “impenetrabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impenetrabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.