iners

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *enartis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ ars (“skill, art”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪ.nɛrs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.ners] === Adjective === iners (genitive inertis, comparative inertior, superlative inertissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective without skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude Synonyms: ineptus, rudis, indocilis, incapāx Antonyms: vafer, callidus inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stagnant Synonyms: dēses, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, socors, murcidus, languidus Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer quiet, timid, tame, docile, spiritless, cowardly (of food) without flavor, insipid Synonyms: īnsulsus, īnsipidus, fatuus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “unskillful”): artifex (antonym(s) of “unskillful”): sollers ==== Derived terms ==== inersitūdō inertia inerticulus inerter ==== Descendants ==== === 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.