ineluctabilis
οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)
Latin > English
ineluctabilis ineluctabilis, ineluctabile ADJ :: from which there is no escape
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭn-ēluctābĭlis: e, adj.,
I from which one cannot extricate one's self, unavoidable, inevitable (poet. and post-Aug.).
I Lit.: caenum, Stat. Th. 9, 502.—
II Trop.: tempus, Verg. A. 2, 324: fatum, id. ib. 8, 334; Vell. 2, 57 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭnēluctābĭlis,¹⁵ e, insurmontable, inévitable : Virg. En. 2, 324 ; Vell. 2, 57.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-ēluctābilis, e, unentringbar, I) eig., undurchdringbar, undurchwatbar, caenum, Stat. Theb. 9, 502: ineluctabiles navigio paludes, Sen. nat. qu. 6, 7, 2: Scyllae inel. unda, Anthol. Lat. 653, 23 (286, 23). – II) übtr., unbewältigbar, unabwendbar (vgl. Ruhnken Vell. 2, 57, 3), servitus, unabschüttelbar, Sen.: error, Chalcid. Tim.: propositum, unerschütterlich, Arnob.: bes. vom Schicksal, vis fatorum, Vell.: fatum, tempus, Verg.: necessitas, Arnob.
