The corpus record — Latin

penetrabilis

penetrabilis · adj

that can be pierced

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Where it lives

Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
De Constantia 1 · 1.89/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Punica 4 · 0.52/10k
Thebais 3 · 0.48/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

pĕnĕtrābĭlis — Lewis & Short

pĕnĕtrābĭlis, e, adj.penetro.

I Pass., that can be pierced or penetrated, penetrable (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): corpus nullo penetrabile telo, Ov. M. 12, 166: cum sit nulli penetrabilis, Sen. Const. Sap. 3: pectus ferro, Stat. Th. 2, 653: terra, Just. 4, 1, 2: caput haud penetrabile Nili, inaccessible, Stat. S. 3, 5, 21.—

II Act., piercing, penetrating (poet. and in post-class. prose): Boreae penetrabile frigus, Verg. G. 1, 93: telum, id. A. 10, 481: harundo, Sil. 7, 649: fulmen, Ov. M. 13, 857: vinum penetrabilius in venas, Macr. 7, 12: querimonia, Gell. 10, 3, 4.—Comp.: sermo Dei est penetrabilior omni gladio ancipiti, Vulg. Heb. 4, 12.—

III = penetralis (late Lat.): ad regni penetrabilia, Laurent. Hom. 1.

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