inaestimabilis
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English
inaestimabilis inaestimabilis, inaestimabile ADJ :: priceless, beyond all price; inestimable; not to be reckoned in money
inaestimabilis inaestimabilis inaestimabilis, inaestimabile ADJ :: undeserving of valuation (phil.); not to be judged, unaccountable; valueless
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭn-aestĭmābĭlis: e, adj.
I In gen., that cannot be estimated or judged of: nihil tam incertum nec tam inaestimabile est quam animi multitudinis, so little to be counted upon, Liv. 31, 34, 3. —
II In partic.
A Inestimable, invaluable, incalculable: quod e grege se imperatorum, velut inaestimabilem, secrevisset, Liv. 35, 14, 12: gaudium, id. 29, 32, 2: monumentum occasionis, Val. Max. 4, 8, 1. — *
B Not worthy to be esteemed, valueless, opp. aestimabile, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭnæstĭmābĭlis,¹⁴ e,
1 qu’on ne saurait évaluer : Liv. 31, 34, 3 || inestimable, inappréciable : Liv. 29, 32, 2 ; 35, 14, 12 ; Val. Max. 4, 8, 1
2 indigne d’être estimé, sans valeur : Cic. Fin. 3, 20.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-aestimābilis, e, I) unschätzbar, unberechenbar, unzählbar (s. Bünem. Lact. 1, 16, 7), 1) eig.: hominum numerus, Lact. 1, 16, 7: vermiculorum agmen, Lact. de mort. pers. 39, 9: mortuorum acervi, Amm. 16, 12, 63: turmae, Amm. 29, 5, 38: magnitudo, Chalcid. Tim. 25 A. – 2) übtr.: a) worüber sich kein sicheres Urteil fällen läßt, nicht sicher zu berechnen, unberechenbar, nihil tam incertum nec tam inaestimabile, quam animi multitudinis, Liv. 31, 34, 3. – b) unschätzbar, von unschätzbarem Werte, unvergleichbar, quod e grege se imperatorum, velut inaestimabilem, secrevisset, Liv.: gaudium, Liv.: bonum, Sen.: momentum occasionis, Val. Max.: nimia et inaest. potestas, Lact. – II) nicht schätzbar, keine (relative) Schätzung zulassend, griech. ἀπαξίαν εχων (Ggstz. aestimabilis, ἀξίαν εχων), Cic. de fin. 3, 20.
