ineptia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.ti.a/, [ɪˈnɛpt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.t͡si.a/, [iˈnɛpt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

ineptia f (genitive ineptiae); first declension

1. silliness, folly, absurdity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ineptia	ineptiae
Genitive	ineptiae	ineptiārum
Dative	ineptiae	ineptiīs
Accusative	ineptiam	ineptiās
Ablative	ineptiā	ineptiīs
Vocative	ineptia	ineptiae

Related terms

• ineptus

References

• “ineptia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ineptia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ineptia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta