iners

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *enartis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ ars (“skill, art”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

iners (genitive inertis, comparative inertior, superlative inertissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. without skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude
    Synonyms: ineptus, rudis, indocilis, incapāx
    Antonyms: vafer, callidus
  2. inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stagnant
    Synonyms: dēses, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, socors, murcidus, languidus
    Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer
  3. quiet, inactive; timid
  4. (of food) without flavor, insipid
    Synonyms: īnsulsus, īnsipidus, fatuus

Declension

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

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “unskillful”): artifex
  • (antonym(s) of “unskillful”): sollers

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: inert
  • → English: inert
  • French: inerte
  • → German: inert
  • Galician: inerte
  • Italian: inerte
  • Spanish: inerte

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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