inertia

inertia a.s. "Untauglichkeit, Untüchtigkeit, Unvermögen"

inertia, ae, f. (iners), I) die Ungeschicktheit, Untüchtigkeit eines Menschen, Auct. b. Alex. 10, 5. Auct. b. Afr. 31, 5. Petron. 135, 6: Plur., Cic. part. or. 35. – II) die Trägheit, Unlust zur Arbeit, Gemächlichkeit, Verdrossenheitn(Ggstz. labor), Cic. u.a.: inquieta, geschäftiger Müßiggang, Sen.: im Ggstz. mit folg. Genet., qui tantas et tam infinitas pecunias non propter inertiam laboris (Unlust zur Arbeit), sed propter magnificentiam liberalitatis repudiarit, Cic. Rosc. com. 24. – III) ohne Tadel = das Unbeschäftigtsein, die Gemächlichkeit, Behaglichkeit, [220] non tamen ut omnino ab inertia mea et quiete discederem, Plin. ep. 1, 6, 1.

From Proto-Italic *enartjā. Related to iners (“without skill; inactive”), from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪˈnɛr.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈnɛr.t͡si.a]

Noun

inertia f (genitive inertiae); first declension

1. want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance

   Antonyms: calliditās, sapientia

2. (by extension) inactivity, idleness, laziness, indolence

   Synonyms: pigritia, sēgnitia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium

   Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	inertia	inertiae
genitive	inertiae	inertiārum
dative	inertiae	inertiīs
accusative	inertiam	inertiās
ablative	inertiā	inertiīs
vocative	inertia	inertiae