iners
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ners/, [ˈɪ.nɛrs]
Adjective
iners (genitive inertis); third declension
- without skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude
- inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stagnant
- quiet, inactive; timid
- (of food) without flavor, insipid
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | iners | inertēs | inertia | ||
| genitive | inertis | inertium | |||
| dative | inertī | inertibus | |||
| accusative | inertem | iners | inertēs | inertia | |
| ablative | inertī | inertibus | |||
| vocative | iners | inertēs | inertia | ||
Antonyms
- (unskillful): artifex
Derived terms
- inersitūdō
- inertia
- inerticulus
Descendants
References
- iners in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- iners in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iners in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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