irreparabilis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inreparabilis

Etymology

From Classical Latin inreparabilis (in-, "not" + reparābilis, "retrievable, reparable, repairable"), via assimilation.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ir.re.paˈraː.bi.lis/, [ɪrːɛpäˈräːbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ir.re.paˈra.bi.lis/, [irːepäˈräːbilis]

Adjective

irreparābilis (neuter irreparābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. irreparable, irrecoverable (concerning loss or damage), irretrievable
   • c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.284

     sed fvgit interea fvgit inreparabile tempvs

     But it flees, meanwhile, it flees... irretrievable time.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	irreparābilis	irreparābile		irreparābilēs	irreparābilia
genitive	irreparābilis			irreparābilium
dative	irreparābilī			irreparābilibus
accusative	irreparābilem	irreparābile		irreparābilēs irreparābilīs	irreparābilia
ablative	irreparābilī			irreparābilibus
vocative	irreparābilis	irreparābile		irreparābilēs	irreparābilia

References

• “irreparabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• irreparabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.