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|lshtext=<b>ĭneptus</b>: a, um, adj. 2. in-[[aptus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[unsuitable]], [[impertinent]], [[improper]], [[tasteless]], [[senseless]], [[silly]], [[pedantic]], [[absurd]], [[inept]], [[without]] [[tact]] ([[class]].): quem [[enim]] nos ineptum vocamus, is mihi videtur ab hoc [[nomen]] habere ductum, [[quod]] non [[sit]] [[aptus]]. Idque in sermonis nostri consuetudine [[perlate]] patet. Nam qui aut [[tempus]] [[quid]] postulet, non videt, aut plura loquitur, aut se ostentat, aut eorum quibuscum est, vel dignitatis, vel commodi rationem non habet, aut [[denique]] in [[aliquo]] genere aut [[inconcinnus]] aut [[multus]] est, is [[ineptus]] esse dicitur, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: [[nihil]] [[insolens]] aut ineptum, id. Or. 9, 29: [[negotium]], id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86: [[causa]], Ter. And. 1, 5, 22: lusibus advertere [[numen]] ineptis, Ov. Tr. 2, 223: sententiae inepto inanique impetu, Gell. 12, 2, 1: [[ineptus]] et jactantior hic [[paulo]] est (i. q. [[nimis]] [[officiosus]], [[negotiosus]] [[ardelio]]), Hor. S. 1, 3, 49: chartae, [[waste]]-[[paper]], id. Ep. 2, 1, 270: [[lictor]], [[foolish]], [[impertinent]], Pers. 5, 175.—Comp.: [[quod]] est [[multo]] ineptius, Quint. 9, 2, 70.— Sup.: ineptissimae figurae, Quint. 9, 3, 100: ineptissimum est, [[with]] a [[subject]] - [[clause]], id. 1, 7, 2; 11, 3, 126.— As an [[abusive]] epithet: [[quid]] est, inepta, [[quid]] rides? Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 6; so, [[inepte]], Ov. R. Am. 472; id. Am. 1, 14, 36; id. A. A. 1, 306.— Adv.: ĭneptē, improperly, [[impertinently]], [[foolishly]], [[absurdly]], ineptly ([[class]].): [[interdum]] [[inepte]] [[stultus]] es, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 64: disserere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 11: dicere, id. Brut. 82, 284: nil molitur [[inepte]], Hor. A. P. 140: [[inepte]] et [[frigide]] uti verbis, Gell. 13, 24, 7: [[fautor]] ( = favens), Hor. S. 1, 10, 2: cornicari, Pers. 5, 12. — Comp.: delirare, Lact. Inst. 3, 17.— Sup.: ineptissime fieri, Quint. 11, 3, 131.

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