ineptus
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭneptus: a, um, adj. 2. in-aptus,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭneptus,¹⁰ a, um (in et aptus), qui n’est pas approprié, déplacé, hors de propos, maladroit, gauche, impertinent [en parl. des choses et des pers.] : Cic. Or. 29 ; Tusc. 1, 86 ; de Or. 2, 17 ; 2, 20 || déraisonnable, sot : Cic. Clu. 176 ; Nat. 1, 59 ; Cæc. 14 || -tior Quint. 9, 2, 70 ; -issimus Quint. 9, 3, 100.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-eptus, a, um (in u. aptus), I) unpassend, untauglich, chartae, Makulatur, Hor. ep. 2, 1, 270. – II) übtr., ungehörig, unpassend, unschicklich, ungereimt, läppisch, abgeschmackt, lenitas patris, Ter.: causa, ungenügender Grund, Ter.: negotium, Cic.: lusus (Plur.), Ov.: rei ineptae inservire, Val. Max.: neutr. subst., nihil habere insolens aut ineptum, Cic. – v. Pers., homo, Quint. u.a.: Crispinus, Hor.: Graeculus, Cic.: subst., age, inepte, Ter.: eho, inepta, Ter.: quae narrare inepti est, Caecil. com. fr.: u. so bes. Plur. inepti = Leute, die alles übertreiben, Leute von verdorbenem Geschmack, Pedanten, Gecken, Cic. bei Suet. Caes. 56, 2; vgl. Cic. de or. 2, 17 (wo der Singul. ineptus definiert wird). – Compar., risu inepto res ineptior nulla est, Catull.: nam quid est ineptius, quam etc., Cic.: utrum ineptior fuerit, qui etc.... an qui etc., Sen.: Superl., figurae ineptissimae, Quint.: res ineptissimae, Treb. Poll.: ineptissimum est m. folg. Infin., Quint. 1, 7, 2. Sidon. epist. 9, 3, 7.
Latin > English
ineptus inepta, ineptum ADJ :: silly, foolish; having no sense of what is fitting
