inactive Copy link Outline 1. ĭners, rtis (most gen. term)2. segnis, e (slow and backward)3. dēses, ĭdis (chiefly poet. and late4. rĕses, ĭdis (like preced., but infreq.) Varr.5. nil ăgens6. quiētus • inactive: 1. ĭners, rtis (most gen. term): an i. old age, i. senectus, Cic. Sen. 11, 36: Pl.: Tib. Join. iners et desidiosus, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, fin. 2. segnis, e (slow and backward): an i., dull boy, puer s. et jacens, Quint. 1, 3, 2: i. age, s. aetas, Curt. 8, 9, fin.: i. ease, s. otia, Ov. Pont. 1, 5, 43. Join: segnis inersque, Tib.: v. indolent. 3. dēses, ĭdis (chiefly poet. and late: doing nothing; whether from disposition or necessity): Liv. 1, 32, med.: Col.: Lucan. Join: ignavus ac deses, Gell. 4. rĕses, ĭdis (like preced., but infreq.) Varr.: Claud. Join: resides ac segnes, Liv. 25, 6, fin. (N.B.--The two preced. adjj. are not found in nom. sing.) 5. nil ăgens: Cic. (in Kr.). 6. quiētus: Sall. Cat. 26. To be i., (1). cesso, 1: Join: cessare et nil agere, Cic. N. D. 3, 39, fin.: Liv. (2). quiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3: v. to rest. (3). dormio, 4 (a strong expr.): Cic. Verr. 5, 70, 180. Phr.: old-age renders i., a rebus gerendis avocat senectus, Cic. Sen. 6, init.: to sit i. (with folded hands), compressis, quod aiunt, manibus sedere, Liv. 7, 13, med.