inhabilis
πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĭn-hăbĭlis: e, adj.,
I that cannot be managed, unmanageable, unwieldy.
I Lit.: navis inhabilis prope magnitudinis, Liv. 33, 30, 5: telum inhabile ad remittendum imperitis, id. 24, 34, 5; cf.: telum pondere, Curt. 8, 9 med.: inhabiles vastorum corporum moles (of elephants), id. 9, 2: quod et ipsis vetustate militiae exercitatum, et hostibus inhabile, awkward, Tac. Agr. 36: iter, Dig. 8, 5, 4.—
II Trop., unfit, unapt, incapable, unable: alicui rei, Cic. Fragm. Oecon. 4 Orell.: reddere aliquem inhabilem studiis, Sen. Ep. 15: progenerandis esse fetibus inhabilem, Col. 2, 1, 2: boves labori et culturae non inhabiles, id. 6, 1, 1; cf.: calori non inhabile, fit to express, Quint. 11, 3, 146; Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 2 al.—
(b) With ad: multitudo inhabilis ad consensum, Liv. 12, 16, 10.—
(g) With inf.: inhabiles rempublicam tueri, Dig. 50, 2, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ĭnhăbĭlis,¹² e,
1 difficile à manier, incommode : Liv. 33, 30, 5 ; Curt. 8, 9, 28 || difficile : inhabile iter Ulp. Dig. 8, 5, 4, 5, route impraticable
2 [fig.] peu propre à, impropre à : inhabilis studiis Sen. Ep. 15, 8, peu propre à l’étude ; inhabilis ad parendum Tac. H. 2, 87, peu disposé à obéir ; ad consensum Liv. 26, 16, 10, incapable d’une décision en commun.
