inerter

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

II.

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

A.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

B.

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.