inertia
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭnertĭa: ae, f. id.,
I want of art or skill, unskilfulness, ignorance.
I Lit. (rare but class.): animi (spectantur), quemadmodum affecti sint, virtutibus, vitiis; artibus, inertiis, Cic. Part. 10, 35; Petr. 135, 6. —
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭnertĭa,¹⁰ æ, f. (iners),
1 ignorance de tout art, incapacité : Cic. Part. 35 ; Petr. 135, 6
2 inertie, inaction, indolence : Cic. Cat. 1, 4 ; de Or. 1, 68 ; Liv. 33, 45, 7
