inanimate Copy link Outline 1. ĭnănĭmus2. ĭnănĭmātus (less freq.) • inanimate: 1. ĭnănĭmus: there is this difference between in. and animate, inter in. et animal hoc interest, Cic. Acad. 2, 12, 37: Tac. Quint. (The form inanimis occurs in Apul.) 2. ĭnănĭmātus (less freq.): i. things, res in., Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 40. Phr.: i. and insensible things, res surdae ac sensu carentes, Plin. 20, init.