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1 iners
iners ertis, adj. with comp. and sup. [2 in+ars], without skill, unskilful, incompetent: artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes nominabantur: scriptor, H.: superando inertīs, O.: homo non inertissimus.— Helpless, weak, inactive, indolent, sluggish, worthless: gerro, iners, etc., T.: exercitus, S.: senectus: homo inertior: Corpora, non-combatants, V.: inertissimum otium: inertissima segnitia: genus interrogationis, idle: umor, stagnant, V.: pondus, dead, O.: passus, sluggish, O.: glebae, without cultivation, V.: terra, motionless, H.: horae, leisure, H.: palmae, unarmed, V.: oculi, expressionless, V.: versūs, dull, H.: querellae, L.: neque quicquam inertius habetur, effeminate, Cs.: caro, insipid, H.: frigus, benumbing, O.* * *inertis (gen.), inertior -or -us, inertissimus -a -um ADJhelpless, weak, inactive, inert, sluggish, stagnant; unskillful, incompetent -
2 inops
inops opis, adj. [2 in+ops], without resources, helpless, weak: inopes relicti a duce: nihil iuris humani relinquitur inopi, L.: solare inopem, V.: ab amicis: laudis conscendere carmen, unskilled, Pr.—Without possessions, poor, destitute, needy, indigent: coloni, H.: aerarium, empty: cupido, unsated, H.: domus cuiusvis inopis, N.: turba, V.: humanitatis, without: amicorum, destitute of: mentis, O.: consili, L.: paterni laris, stripped, H.— Fig., mean, wretched, contemptible, pitiful: inopis animi esse, H.: nostras inopes noluit esse vias, O.—Of speech, poor, meagre: non erat abundans, non inops: lingua: versūs rerum, H.: verbis.* * *(gen.), inopis ADJweak, poor, needy, helpless; lacking, destitute (of), meager -
3 inopes
I.In gen.:(β).ab ope inops, qui ejus indiget,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.:inopes relicti a duce,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34:nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,
Liv. 9, 1, 8:solare inopem et succurre relictae,
Verg. A. 9, 290.—With ab:(γ). II. A.sic inopes et ab amicis, et ab existimatione sunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2. —Lit.:(β).res pauperes inopesque,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:aerarium inops et exhaustum,
empty, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:te semper inops vexet cupido,
unsated, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:domus cujusvis inopis,
Nep. Ages. 7, 4. —Esp., of the dead who could not pay Charon's fee:haec omnis inops inhumataque turba est,
Verg. A. 6, 325; cf.:infletaeque jacent inopes super arva catervae,
Aus. Mos. 4: mortuis in ore nummum immittere, ut apud inferos non tamquam inopes errent, Schol. Juv. 3, 267. —With gen., destitute of, without:(γ).humanitatis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:amicorum,
id. Lael. 15:animi,
Verg. A. 4, 300:mentis,
Ov. F. 4, 457:consilii,
Liv. 26, 18, 6:rationis,
Stat. Th. 1, 373:senatus auxilii humani,
Liv. 3, 7, 7:terra pacis,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 96:somni cibique,
id. M. 14, 424:provinciae virorum,
Tac. H. 2, 67:miles Martis,
that never fights, Sil. 9, 334.—Plur. as subst.: ĭnŏpes, um, opp. potentes, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.— Sing.:B.si nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,
Liv. 9, 1, 8. —Trop.1.Of inanimate things, mean, wretched, contemptible:2.inopis et pusilli animi esse,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:nostras inopes noluit esse vias,
Ov. Ib. 24:advorsus atque inops amor,
Lucr. 4, 1142:odia aegra sine armis errabant, iraeque inopes,
impotent, Val. Fl. 5, 147:vita,
Vell. 2, 19, 4. —Of speech, poor in words or ideas, meagre:non erat abundans, non inops tamen,
Cic. Brut. 67, 238:non inops verbis,
id. ib. 70, 247:ad ornandum,
id. ib. 76, 263:Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,
id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:vir inopi lingua et infacundus,
Gell. 18, 8, 6. -
4 inops
I.In gen.:(β).ab ope inops, qui ejus indiget,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 92 Müll.:inopes relicti a duce,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34:nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,
Liv. 9, 1, 8:solare inopem et succurre relictae,
Verg. A. 9, 290.—With ab:(γ). II. A.sic inopes et ab amicis, et ab existimatione sunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2. —Lit.:(β).res pauperes inopesque,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 24:aerarium inops et exhaustum,
empty, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164:te semper inops vexet cupido,
unsated, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:domus cujusvis inopis,
Nep. Ages. 7, 4. —Esp., of the dead who could not pay Charon's fee:haec omnis inops inhumataque turba est,
Verg. A. 6, 325; cf.:infletaeque jacent inopes super arva catervae,
Aus. Mos. 4: mortuis in ore nummum immittere, ut apud inferos non tamquam inopes errent, Schol. Juv. 3, 267. —With gen., destitute of, without:(γ).humanitatis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 40:amicorum,
id. Lael. 15:animi,
Verg. A. 4, 300:mentis,
Ov. F. 4, 457:consilii,
Liv. 26, 18, 6:rationis,
Stat. Th. 1, 373:senatus auxilii humani,
Liv. 3, 7, 7:terra pacis,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 96:somni cibique,
id. M. 14, 424:provinciae virorum,
Tac. H. 2, 67:miles Martis,
that never fights, Sil. 9, 334.—Plur. as subst.: ĭnŏpes, um, opp. potentes, Sall. H. Fragm. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.— Sing.:B.si nihil cum potentiore juris humani relinquitur inopi,
Liv. 9, 1, 8. —Trop.1.Of inanimate things, mean, wretched, contemptible:2.inopis et pusilli animi esse,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 17:nostras inopes noluit esse vias,
Ov. Ib. 24:advorsus atque inops amor,
Lucr. 4, 1142:odia aegra sine armis errabant, iraeque inopes,
impotent, Val. Fl. 5, 147:vita,
Vell. 2, 19, 4. —Of speech, poor in words or ideas, meagre:non erat abundans, non inops tamen,
Cic. Brut. 67, 238:non inops verbis,
id. ib. 70, 247:ad ornandum,
id. ib. 76, 263:Latinam linguam non modo non inopem, sed locupletiorem etiam esse quam Graecam,
id. Fin. 1, 3, 10:vir inopi lingua et infacundus,
Gell. 18, 8, 6. -
5 dēbilis
dēbilis e, adj. with comp. [de + habilis], lame, disabled, crippled, infirm, debilitated, feeble, frail, weak: senex: membris omnibus: Ille umero, Iu.: equi, L.: Membra metu, T.: ferrum, V.—Fig., disabled, weak, helpless, feeble: parte animi: duo corpora esse rei p., unum debile: praetura: ingenio debilior, Ta.* * *debile, debilior -or -us, debilissimus -a -um ADJweak/feeble/frail; crippled/disabled; wanting/deprived (competence); ineffective -
6 dēbilitō
dēbilitō āvi, ātus, āre [debilis], to lame, cripple, maim, debilitate, unnerve, disable, weaken: debilitati inter saxa, L.: corpore debilitantur (saucii): vim ferro: opes adversariorum debilitatae, N.: Debilitaturum quid te petis munus, O.—Poet.: oppositis pumicibus mare, i. e. dashes, H.—Fig., to weaken, break, crush, cripple, disable: hunc debilitatum viderem: recitatis litteris debilitatus, disheartened: debilitati a iure cognoscendo, helpless to discern: membrum rei p. debilitatum: animum luctu: senectus Debilitat virīs animi, V.: versūs.* * *debilitare, debilitavi, debilitatus V TRANSweaken/disable/incapacitate/impair/maim/lame/cripple; deprive of power (to act) -
7 impotēns (in-p-)
impotēns (in-p-) entis, adj. with comp. and sup, powerless, impotent, weak, feeble, helpless: homo: ad opem: (Iuno) cesserat impotens Tellure, H.: gens rerum suarum, not master of, L.: regendi (sc. equos), unable to control, L.: irae, unbridled in, L.—Without self-control, unbridled, unrestrained, headstrong, violent: alqs, T.: Aquilo, H.: victoria eos impotentiores reddit: homo impotentissimus: quidlibet impotens Sperare, H.: impotentissimus dominatus: impotentior rabies, L. -
8 per-imbēcillus
per-imbēcillus adj., very weak, helpless. -
9 pinna
pinna ae, f [SPI-], a feather, plume (upon a bird; see also penna): (aves) pullos pinnis fovent.— A wing (only plur.): O Fides alma apta pinnis: pinnis coruscant (apes), V.: non pinnis sublime elatos Alpīs transgressos, L.—Fig.: illi, qui mihi pinnas inciderant, had clipped, i. e. made me helpless: Decisis humilis pinnis, i. e. humbled, H.: Maiores pinnas nido extendisse, i. e. have risen above my origin, H.: praepetis omnia pinnae, i. e. of flight, V.: pinnā veras dare notas, O.— An arrow: olor traiectus pinnā, O.— A pinnacle: huic (aggeri) loricam pinnasque adiecit, Cs.: asseribus falcatis detergebat pinnas, L.: sedes pinnis atque aggere cingit, V.— A promontory, cape: tribus (Sicania) excurrit in aequora pinnis, O.* * *I IIfeather; wing; fin; battlement/parapet, spire/steeple; flap; water wheel paddle -
10 scōpae
scōpae ārum, f [2 SCAP-], twigs, a broom, besom: Viles, H.—Prov.: scopas dissolvere, to untie a broom, i. e. to make confusion: scopae solutae (of a helpless person). -
11 inutilis
inutilis, inutile ADJuseless, unprofitable, inexpedient, disadvantageous; harmful, helpless -
12 inops
poor, helpless, in need -
13 exosso
exosso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to deprive of the bones, to bone:mirum ni hic me quasi muraenam exossare cogitat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163:congrum,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 24; cf.:congrum, muraenam exdorsua... exossata fac sient,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 3; id. Am. 1, 1, 162.—Hence, trop., to break the power of, to make helpless, Vulg. Jer. 50, 17.— Poet.: exossato pectore, boneless, i. e. flexible (cf. exos), Lucr. 4, 1271:exossatus ager,
i. e. without stones, cleared, Pers. 6, 51.
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