iners, inertis (gen.), inertior -or -us, inertissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
helpless, weak, inactive, inert, sluggish, stagnant; unskillful, incompetent;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | inertia |
| Acc. | iners | inertia |
| Voc. | — | inertia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inertius | inertiora |
| Gen. | inertioris | — |
| Acc. | inertius | inertiora |
| Voc. | inertius | inertiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inertissimus | inertissimi |
| Gen. | inertissimi | inertissimorum |
| Dat. | inertissimo | — |
| Acc. | inertissimum | inertissimos |
| Voc. | inertissime | inertissimi |
| Abl. | inertissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inertissima | inertissimae |
| Gen. | inertissimae | inertissimarum |
| Dat. | inertissimae | — |
| Acc. | inertissimam | inertissimas |
| Voc. | inertissima | inertissimae |
| Abl. | inertissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | inertissimum | inertissima |
| Gen. | inertissimi | inertissimorum |
| Dat. | inertissimo | — |
| Acc. | inertissimum | inertissima |
| Voc. | inertissimum | inertissima |
| Abl. | inertissimo | — |
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quos? CH. si scire vis, ego dicam: gerro iners fraus helluo ganeo's damnosu': crede, et nostrum..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...atque hoc confiteor iure mi obtigisse, quandoquidem tam iners, tam nulli consili sum. servon fortunas meas me commisisse..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...gyros.corpora dum soluit tabes et digerit artus,traxit iners caelum fluuidae contagia pestisobscuram in nubem. tali spiramine Nesis..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ferire,disce mori.' tremuit saeua sub uoce minantisuolgus iners, unumque caput tam magna iuuentus 365priuatum factura timet, uelut..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quod innumerae concurrunt undique gentes,nec sic horret iners scelerum contagia mundusut gladiis egeant ciuilia bella coactis.sit mens..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...exercitationeiacentibus tumor pigrum corpus inuadit et ~superba umbra~ iners saginasubcrescit. At istorum corpora qui se tenebris dicauerunt foeda..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...superioribus eius partibus venerandis atque caelestibus animal iners ac marcidum adtexitur. Illa utcumque altera quies nihil quidem ipsa..." - P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Geta praeterea, ut captust seruolorum, non malus neque iners: alit illas, solus omnem familiam sustentat: hunc abduce, uinci..."