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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *enartis. Equivalent to ars (“skill, art”) + in- -is.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ners/, [ˈɪnɛrs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ners/, [ˈiːners]
Adjective[edit]
iners (genitive inertis, comparative inertior, superlative inertissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective
- without skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude
- inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stagnant
- quiet, inactive; timid
- (of food) without flavor, insipid
Declension[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
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 |
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “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
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂er-
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms circumfixed with in- -is
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives
- Latin third declension adjectives of one termination