ineptio
Latin
Etymology
From ineptus (“senseless, silly”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈnep.ti.oː/, [ɪˈnɛpt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈnep.t͡si.o/, [iˈnɛpt̪͡s̪io]
Verb
ineptiō (present infinitive ineptīre); fourth conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
- I am silly, play the fool, trifle.
- I talk or act strangely or absurdly.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ineptiō (fourth conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ineptiō | ineptīs | ineptit | ineptīmus | ineptītis | ineptiunt |
| imperfect | ineptiēbam | ineptiēbās | ineptiēbat | ineptiēbāmus | ineptiēbātis | ineptiēbant | |
| future | ineptiam | ineptiēs | ineptiet | ineptiēmus | ineptiētis | ineptient | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | ineptiam | ineptiās | ineptiat | ineptiāmus | ineptiātis | ineptiant |
| imperfect | ineptīrem | ineptīrēs | ineptīret | ineptīrēmus | ineptīrētis | ineptīrent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | ineptī | — | — | ineptīte | — |
| future | — | ineptītō | ineptītō | — | ineptītōte | ineptiuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | ineptīre | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | ineptiēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| ineptiendī | ineptiendō | ineptiendum | ineptiendō | — | — | ||
Related terms
- ineptē
- ineptia
- ineptiola
- ineptitūdō
- ineptus
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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016