inexsuperabilis

ĭn-exsŭpĕrābĭlis ( inexup- ), e, adj., that cannot be crossed or passed over, insurmountable (a favorite word with Livy).

I.

Lit.:

Alpes,

Liv. 5, 34, 6:

ripa,

id. 44, 35, 8:

serrae,

id. 21, 30, 7:

manu,

Vell. 2, 32, 4; cf. id. 2, 120, 2.— Comp.:

inexsuperabilior saltus fuit,

Liv. 36, 17, 3.—

II.

Trop.:

vis fati,

unconquerable, invincible, Liv. 8, 7, 8:

bonum,

unsurpassable, Sen. Ep. 85.— Plur. as subst.:

inexsuperabilibus vim afferre,

to overcome impossibilities, Liv. 38, 20, 8.