ineptus

From Proto-Italic *enaptos. Equivalent to in- +‎ aptus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪˈnɛp.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈnɛp.t̪us]

ineptus (feminine inepta, neuter ineptum, comparative ineptior); first/second-declension adjective

1. unsuitable

   Synonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, grātuītus, irritus

   Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis

2. impertinent, improper, tasteless
3. senseless, silly
   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 791:

     DĀVUS: Eho, inepta, nescīs quid sit āctum? MȲSĪS: Quid sciam?

     DAVUS: Hey, silly [woman], don’t you realize what has just happened?
     MYSIS: How should I know?

4. pedantic
5. absurd
6. inept

   Synonyms: iners, incapāx, rudis, indocilis

   Antonyms: vafer, callidus

First/second-declension adjective.

• “ineptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ineptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ineptus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ineptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be silly, without tact: ineptum esse (De Or. 2. 4. 17)