ineptia

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ineptus (silly, foolish, absurd) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ineptia f (genitive ineptiae); first declension

  1. silliness, folly, absurdity

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ineptia ineptiae
Genitive ineptiae ineptiārum
Dative ineptiae ineptiīs
Accusative ineptiam ineptiās
Ablative ineptiā ineptiīs
Vocative ineptia ineptiae

Descendants

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  • French: ineptie
  • Italian: inezia

References

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  • ineptia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ineptia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ineptia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta