ineptio

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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

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016