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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *enaptos. Equivalent to in- + aptus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ineptus (feminine inepta, neuter ineptum, comparative ineptior); first/second-declension adjective
- unsuitable
- Synonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, grātuītus, irritus
- Antonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, aptus, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, salūber, ūtēnsilis
- impertinent, improper, tasteless
- senseless, silly
- pedantic
- absurd
- inept
- Synonyms: iners, incapāx, rudis, indocilis
- Antonyms: vafer, callidus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be silly, without tact: ineptum esse (De Or. 2. 4. 17)