ineptio

Latin

Etymology

From ineptus (“senseless, silly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.ti.oː/, [ɪˈnɛpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.t͡si.o/, [iˈnɛpt̪͡s̪io]

Verb

ineptiō (present infinitive ineptīre, perfect active ineptīvī); fourth conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. I am silly, play the fool, trifle.
2. I talk or act strangely or absurdly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ineptiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ineptiō	ineptīs	ineptit	ineptīmus	ineptītis	ineptiunt
	imperfect	ineptiēbam	ineptiēbās	ineptiēbat	ineptiēbāmus	ineptiēbātis	ineptiēbant
	future	ineptiam	ineptiēs	ineptiet	ineptiēmus	ineptiētis	ineptient
	perfect	ineptīvī	ineptīvistī	ineptīvit	ineptīvimus	ineptīvistis	ineptīvērunt, ineptīvēre
	pluperfect	ineptīveram	ineptīverās	ineptīverat	ineptīverāmus	ineptīverātis	ineptīverant
	future perfect	ineptīverō	ineptīveris	ineptīverit	ineptīverimus	ineptīveritis	ineptīverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ineptiam	ineptiās	ineptiat	ineptiāmus	ineptiātis	ineptiant
	imperfect	ineptīrem	ineptīrēs	ineptīret	ineptīrēmus	ineptīrētis	ineptīrent
	perfect	ineptīverim	ineptīverīs	ineptīverit	ineptīverīmus	ineptīverītis	ineptīverint
	pluperfect	ineptīvissem	ineptīvissēs	ineptīvisset	ineptīvissēmus	ineptīvissētis	ineptīvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ineptī	—	—	ineptīte	—
	future	—	ineptītō	ineptītō	—	ineptītōte	ineptiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ineptīre	ineptīvisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ineptiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ineptiendī	ineptiendō	ineptiendum	ineptiendō	—	—

Related terms

• ineptē
• ineptia
• ineptiola

• ineptitūdō
• ineptus

References

• “ineptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ineptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ineptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ineptio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016