ineptio

Latin

Etymology

From ineptus (“senseless, silly”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ineptiō (present infinitive ineptīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be silly, play the fool, trifle
  2. to talk or act strangely or absurdly
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 8.1–2:
      Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire, / et quod vides perisse perditum ducas.
      O wretched Catullus, stop being such a fool, / and accept as over what you see end.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ineptiō (fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ineptiō ineptīs ineptit ineptīmus ineptītis ineptiunt
imperfect ineptiēbam ineptiēbās ineptiēbat ineptiēbāmus ineptiēbātis ineptiēbant
future ineptiam ineptiēs ineptiet ineptiēmus ineptiētis ineptient
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ineptiam ineptiās ineptiat ineptiāmus ineptiātis ineptiant
imperfect ineptīrem ineptīrēs ineptīret ineptīrēmus ineptīrētis ineptīrent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ineptī — — ineptīte —
future — ineptītō ineptītō — ineptītōte ineptiuntō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ineptīre — ineptiēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ineptiendī ineptiendō ineptiendum ineptiendō — —

References

  • “ineptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ineptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ineptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ineptio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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