iners
iners "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
- without skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude
- Synonyms: ineptus, rudis, indocilis, incapāx
- Antonyms: vafer, callidus
- inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stagnant
- Synonyms: dēses, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, socors, murcidus, languidus
- Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer
- quiet, timid, tame, docile, spiritless, cowardly
- (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 | ||