inertium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inertia, inertiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
ignorance; inactivity; laziness, idleness, sloth;
gen. pl. - Entry →iners, inertis (gen.), inertior -or -us, inertissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
helpless, weak, inactive, inert, sluggish, stagnant; unskillful, incompetent;
gen. pl. (all)
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...fatigatos uidisse flumina ingentia et conceptus aquarum inertium uastos, pares nostris nec compressos quidem terra supereminente sed liberae..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...patris maestitia, tum Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum auctorque quod viros, quod Romanos deceret, arma capiendi adversus..."