iners

iners "unart, entartet, unfähig,untauglich"

From Proto-Italic *enartis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ ars (“skill, art”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ.nɛrs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.ners]

Adjective

iners (genitive inertis, comparative inertior, superlative inertissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. without skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude

   Synonyms: ineptus, rudis, indocilis, incapāx

   Antonyms: vafer, callidus

2. inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stagnant

   Synonyms: dēses, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, socors, murcidus, languidus

   Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer

3. quiet, timid, tame, docile, spiritless, cowardly
4. (of food) without flavor, insipid

   Synonyms: īnsulsus, īnsipidus, fatuus

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	iners			inertēs	inertia
genitive	inertis			inertium
dative	inertī			inertibus
accusative	inertem	iners		inertīs inertēs	inertia
ablative	inertī inerte	inertī		inertibus
vocative	iners			inertēs	inertia