irreparabilis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inreparabilis === Etymology === From Classical Latin inreparabilis (in-, "not" + reparābilis, "retrievable, reparable, repairable"), via assimilation. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪr.rɛ.paˈraː.bɪ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ir.re.paˈraː.bi.lis] === Adjective === irreparābilis (neuter irreparābile); third-declension two-termination adjective 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. === 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.