inhabilis
Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
Latin > English
inhabilis inhabilis, inhabile ADJ :: difficult to handle; not fitted, awkward
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
in-habilis, e, I) unhandlich, schwer zu handhaben, unlenksam, navium genus, Liv.: navigia, Curt.: navis, Liv.: vastorum corporum moles, Curt.: mit Dat., numquam tamen maiores quadraginta milium copias duxit, inhabile regenti ratus quidquid excederet, Inc. pan. Const. 5, 1: mit ad u. Akk. Gerund., quorum telum ad remittendum inhabile imperitis est, Liv. 24, 34, 5. – II) übtr., unpassend, unbequem, untauglich, ungeschickt, unfähig, untüchtig, a) physisch: α) v. Lebl.: pondus, Curt.: viam vel iter invium vel inhabile facere, Ulp. dig.: m. Dat., quod hostibus inhabile, Tac.: habet enim acre quiddam atque expeditum et calori concitationique non inhabile (paßt ganz gut zu usw.), Quint.: inh. labori et audaciae valetudo, Tac.: m. Dat. Gerund., terra procreandis foetibus inhabilis, Colum. 2, 1, 2: m. ad u. Akk. Gerund., ficus inhabiles ad edendum, ungenießbare, Cassiod. in cantic. 2, 13: tegimen inhabile (hinderlich) ad resurgendum, Tac. hist. 1, 79. – β) v. leb. Wesen, m. Dat., boves labori et culturae patrii soli non inhabiles, Colum.: omnibus his rebus mulierem facere inhabilem, Cic. fr.: m. Dat. Gerund., inferendis ictibus inhabiles, Tac. ann. 3, 43: asini oneri ferendo non inhabiles, Apul. met. 7, 23. – b) geistig, α) v. Lebl., m. Dat., exercitationes, quarum labor spiritum (die geistige Kraft) exhaurit et inhabilem intentioni ac studiis acrioribus reddit, Sen. ep. 15, 3. – β) v. leb. Wesen, m. Dat., doctores, qui professioni suae inhabiles videbantur, Spart.: si is, cui omnis ex studiis gratia, inhabilis studiis fuerit, Plin. ep.: m. ad u. Akk., multitudo inhabilis ad consensum, Liv.: inh. ad imperium, Vopisc.: m. ad u. Gerund., inhabilis ad parendum, Tac. hist. 2, 87: m. Infin., Callist. dig. 50, 2, 11.
