(adj.adv.) : 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.
* In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.
* 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.
* 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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