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impossibilis

impossibilis · adj

impossible

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Where it lives

De Carne Christi 5 · 5.26/10k
De Baptismo 2 · 4.68/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 2 · 0.88/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
Adversus Praxean 1 · 0.68/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

impossĭbĭlis — Lewis & Short

impossĭbĭlis (inp-), e, adj.2. inpossibilis,

I impossible (post-Aug.): impossibile aut potius infinitum est, Quint. 5, 10, 18: impossibilia aggrediantur, id. 5, 13, 34: nihil impossibile arbitror, App. M. 1, p. 111: ut Herculi quasi impossibile imperaverit, ut, etc., Just. 2, 4; App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 38: impossibile est, ut alveus fluminis publici non sit publicus, Dig. 43, 11, 1 med.: condicio, Gai. Inst. 3, 98.

In the wild

impossibile Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.10.18
impossibilia Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.13.34
Impossibile Tertullian, De Pudicitia 20
impossibile Tertullian, De Baptismo 3
impossibilia Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 57
impossibile Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.10.6

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. impossibilis (scan pp. 550-551; entry #9020).

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