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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=inertia inertiae N F :: ignorance; inactivity; laziness, idleness, sloth
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ĭnertĭa</b>: ae, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> [[want]] of [[art]] or [[skill]], [[unskilfulness]], [[ignorance]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): animi (spectantur), [[quemadmodum]] affecti sint, virtutibus, vitiis; artibus, inertiis, Cic. Part. 10, 35; Petr. 135, 6. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., [[inactivity]], [[idleness]], [[laziness]] ([[very]] freq.): [[inertia]] [[atque]] [[torpedo]], [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 11, 2, 6: id largiamur inertiae nostrae, Cic. de Or. 1, 15, 68: castigare segnitiem hominum [[atque]] inertiam, id. ib. 1, 41, 185: laboris, [[aversion]] to [[labor]], id. Rosc. Com. 8, 24: operis, Liv. 33, 45, 7 al.— In an oxymoron: strenua, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 28; cf. inquieta, Sen. Tranq. 12, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ĭnertĭa</b>,¹⁰ æ, f. ([[iners]]),<br /><b>1</b> ignorance de tout art, incapacité : Cic. Part. 35 ; Petr. 135, 6<br /><b>2</b> inertie, inaction, indolence : Cic. Cat. 1, 4 ; de Or. 1, 68 ; Liv. 33, 45, 7 &#124;&#124; [avec gén.] : laboris Cic. Com. 24, aversion, répugnance pour le travail, cf. Liv. 33, 45, 7.||[avec gén.] : laboris Cic. Com. 24, aversion, répugnance pour le travail, cf. Liv. 33, 45, 7.
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{{Georges
|georg=inertia, ae, f. ([[iners]]), I) die Ungeschicktheit, Untüchtigkeit eines Menschen, Auct. b. Alex. 10, 5. Auct. b. Afr. 31, 5. Petron. 135, 6: Plur., Cic. part. or. 35. – II) die [[Trägheit]], [[Unlust]] zur [[Arbeit]], [[Gemächlichkeit]], [[Verdrossenheit]] (Ggstz. [[labor]]), Cic. u.a.: inquieta, geschäftiger [[Müßiggang]], Sen.: im Ggstz. [[mit]] folg. Genet., [[qui]] tantas et [[tam]] [[infinitas]] pecunias [[non]] [[propter]] inertiam laboris ([[Unlust]] zur [[Arbeit]]), [[sed]] [[propter]] magnificentiam liberalitatis repudiarit, Cic. Rosc. com. 24. – III) [[ohne]] [[Tadel]] = das Unbeschäftigtsein, die [[Gemächlichkeit]], Behaglichkeit, [[non]] [[tamen]] ut [[omnino]] ab [[inertia]] mea et [[quiete]] discederem, Plin. ep. 1, 6, 1.
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