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ĭners , ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:
I.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,Cic. 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: 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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (18):
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 19.43
    • Cicero, Divinatio against Q. Caecilius, 21.67
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.192
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 59.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.790
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.158
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.94
    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.41
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.61
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 445
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.77
    • Cicero, De Fato, 13
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.34
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.10
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.5
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