inertia

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin inertia (lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence), from iners (unskilled, inactive), from in- (without, not) + ars (skill, art). The modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.

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Noun

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inertia (countable and uncountable, plural inertias or inertiae or inertiæ)

  1. (physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
  2. (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
    • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter II, in The French Revolution: A History [], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, [], →OCLC, book IV (Terror):
      Men [] have immense irresolution and inertia.
    • 1970 August 12 [1969 January 15], John Womack, Jr., Zapata and the Mexican Revolution[1], New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 261:
      Not all the surviving veteran chiefs would actually fight. Some remained nominally in the resistance but in practice delayed at their bases, pretexting a lack of ammunition for their uncertain inertia.
    • 2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:
      City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
  3. (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin inertia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈinertiɑ/, [ˈine̞rˌt̪iɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): i‧ner‧ti‧a

Noun

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inertia

  1. inertia
    Synonyms: hitaus, vitka, jatkavuus

Declension

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Inflection of inertia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative inertia inertiat
genitive inertian inertioiden
inertioitten
partitive inertiaa inertioita
illative inertiaan inertioihin
singular plural
nominative inertia inertiat
accusative nom. inertia inertiat
gen. inertian
genitive inertian inertioiden
inertioitten
inertiain rare
partitive inertiaa inertioita
inessive inertiassa inertioissa
elative inertiasta inertioista
illative inertiaan inertioihin
adessive inertialla inertioilla
ablative inertialta inertioilta
allative inertialle inertioille
essive inertiana inertioina
translative inertiaksi inertioiksi
abessive inertiatta inertioitta
instructive inertioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of inertia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative inertiani inertiani
accusative nom. inertiani inertiani
gen. inertiani
genitive inertiani inertioideni
inertioitteni
inertiaini rare
partitive inertiaani inertioitani
inessive inertiassani inertioissani
elative inertiastani inertioistani
illative inertiaani inertioihini
adessive inertiallani inertioillani
ablative inertialtani inertioiltani
allative inertialleni inertioilleni
essive inertianani inertioinani
translative inertiakseni inertioikseni
abessive inertiattani inertioittani
instructive
comitative inertioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative inertiasi inertiasi
accusative nom. inertiasi inertiasi
gen. inertiasi
genitive inertiasi inertioidesi
inertioittesi
inertiaisi rare
partitive inertiaasi inertioitasi
inessive inertiassasi inertioissasi
elative inertiastasi inertioistasi
illative inertiaasi inertioihisi
adessive inertiallasi inertioillasi
ablative inertialtasi inertioiltasi
allative inertiallesi inertioillesi
essive inertianasi inertioinasi
translative inertiaksesi inertioiksesi
abessive inertiattasi inertioittasi
instructive
comitative inertioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative inertiamme inertiamme
accusative nom. inertiamme inertiamme
gen. inertiamme
genitive inertiamme inertioidemme
inertioittemme
inertiaimme rare
partitive inertiaamme inertioitamme
inessive inertiassamme inertioissamme
elative inertiastamme inertioistamme
illative inertiaamme inertioihimme
adessive inertiallamme inertioillamme
ablative inertialtamme inertioiltamme
allative inertiallemme inertioillemme
essive inertianamme inertioinamme
translative inertiaksemme inertioiksemme
abessive inertiattamme inertioittamme
instructive
comitative inertioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative inertianne inertianne
accusative nom. inertianne inertianne
gen. inertianne
genitive inertianne inertioidenne
inertioittenne
inertiainne rare
partitive inertiaanne inertioitanne
inessive inertiassanne inertioissanne
elative inertiastanne inertioistanne
illative inertiaanne inertioihinne
adessive inertiallanne inertioillanne
ablative inertialtanne inertioiltanne
allative inertiallenne inertioillenne
essive inertiananne inertioinanne
translative inertiaksenne inertioiksenne
abessive inertiattanne inertioittanne
instructive
comitative inertioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative inertiansa inertiansa
accusative nom. inertiansa inertiansa
gen. inertiansa
genitive inertiansa inertioidensa
inertioittensa
inertiainsa rare
partitive inertiaansa inertioitaan
inertioitansa
inessive inertiassaan
inertiassansa
inertioissaan
inertioissansa
elative inertiastaan
inertiastansa
inertioistaan
inertioistansa
illative inertiaansa inertioihinsa
adessive inertiallaan
inertiallansa
inertioillaan
inertioillansa
ablative inertialtaan
inertialtansa
inertioiltaan
inertioiltansa
allative inertialleen
inertiallensa
inertioilleen
inertioillensa
essive inertianaan
inertianansa
inertioinaan
inertioinansa
translative inertiakseen
inertiaksensa
inertioikseen
inertioiksensa
abessive inertiattaan
inertiattansa
inertioittaan
inertioittansa
instructive
comitative inertioineen
inertioinensa

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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *enartjā. Related to iners (without skill; inactive), from in- (not) + ars (art, skill).

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Noun

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inertia f (genitive inertiae); first declension

  1. want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance
    Antonyms: calliditās, sapientia
  2. (by extension) inactivity, idleness, laziness, indolence
    Synonyms: pigritia, sēgnitia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium
    Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative inertia inertiae
Genitive inertiae inertiārum
Dative inertiae inertiīs
Accusative inertiam inertiās
Ablative inertiā inertiīs
Vocative inertia inertiae
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Descendants

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References

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  • inertia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inertia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inertia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inertia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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inertia m (definite singular inertiaen, indefinite plural inertiaer, definite plural inertiaene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by inerti