ineptia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĭneptĭa, ae, f. [ineptus],

I silliness , folly , absurdity (in sing. ante- and post-class.): tua, Ter. Ad. 749; Plaut. Merc. prol. 26. —

II Plur. : ĭneptĭae , ārum, sillinesses , fooleries , trifles , absurdities (class.): omnium ineptiarum haud scio an ulla sit major, quam, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18; id. ib. 124 (not found), 111; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47: paene aniles, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: sententiarum, Suet. Aug. 86: hujusmodi ineptiis se immiscere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 2, 3.

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