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iners "unart, entartet, unfähig,untauglich"

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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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