ineptus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enaptos. Equivalent to in- +‎ aptus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.tus/, [ɪˈnɛpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.tus/, [iˈnɛpt̪us]

Adjective

ineptus (feminine inepta, neuter ineptum, comparative ineptior); first/second-declension adjective

1. unsuitable

   Synonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, grātuītus, irritus

   Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis

2. impertinent, improper, tasteless
3. senseless, silly
4. pedantic
5. absurd
6. inept

   Synonyms: iners, incapāx, rudis, indocilis

   Antonyms: vafer, callidus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ineptus	inepta	ineptum		ineptī	ineptae	inepta
Genitive	ineptī	ineptae	ineptī		ineptōrum	ineptārum	ineptōrum
Dative	ineptō		ineptō		ineptīs
Accusative	ineptum	ineptam	ineptum		ineptōs	ineptās	inepta
Ablative	ineptō	ineptā	ineptō		ineptīs
Vocative	inepte	inepta	ineptum		ineptī	ineptae	inepta

Derived terms

• ineptia

 

Descendants

• English: inept
• French: inepte
• Galician: inepto
• Italian: inetto
• Portuguese: inepto
• Romanian: inept
• Spanish: inepto

References

• “ineptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ineptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ineptus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ineptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be silly, without tact: ineptum esse (De Or. 2. 4. 17)