ĭn-extrīcābĭlis, e, adj. [2. in-extrico], that cannot be disengaged or disentangled, inextricable (poet. and post-Aug.).
- I. Lit.: error (of the mazes of the labyrinth, from which one could not find his way out), Verg. A. 6, 27: cortex, that cannot be disengaged or separated. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188: litus, where one cannot disembark, Sil. 4, 584.
- II. Trop.: errores, Lact. 3, 17, 17: Stomachi inextricabilia vitia, incurable, Plin. 20, 21, 86, § 232: perfectio, inexplicable, indescribable, id. 11, 2, 1, § 2.
* Adv.: ĭnextrīcābĭlĭter, inextricably: contorta fatorum licia, App. M. 11, p. 269, 37.