ineluctabilis
Latin
Etymology
From ēluctor (“I surmount”), with the prefix in- for negation, and the suffix -ābilis denoting possibility.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | inēluctābilis | inēluctābile | inēluctābilēs | inēluctābilia | |
| Genitive | inēluctābilis | inēluctābilis | inēluctābilium | inēluctābilium | |
| Dative | inēluctābilī | inēluctābilī | inēluctābilibus | inēluctābilibus | |
| Accusative | inēluctābilem | inēluctābile | inēluctābilēs, inēluctābilīs | inēluctābilia | |
| Ablative | inēluctābilī | inēluctābilī | inēluctābilibus | inēluctābilibus | |
| Vocative | inēluctābilis | inēluctābile | inēluctābilēs | inēluctābilia | |
Descendants
- English: ineluctable
- French: inéluctable
- Italian: ineluttabile
Related terms
- ēluctor (“I surmount”)
- ēluctābilis (“surmountable”)
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
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