English → Latin
“incapable” in Latin
indocilisunteachable; ignorant, untaught, indocile; unapt, unfit for any thinginerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; sthebesblunt, dull, not sharp or pointed; dim, faint, dull; tasteless, without smell, without sensation; dull, obtuse, sluggishinhabilisunmanageable, unwieldy; unfit, incapable
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
incapable
indocilis (not easily taught): iners (unfit for business): hebes (blunt, not acute). Incapable of anything, inutilis ad aliquid (unfit; e.g., of carrying arms, ad arma); non potens alicujus rei or ad aliquid faciendum (not in a state to do anything; e.g., non potens armorum tenendorum; non potens ad legionem cohibendam); inhabilis (not manageable, not easily made to serve the purpose; mulierem his rebus inhabilem facere, Cic.: so labori inhabilis, Col., ; progenerandis fetibus inbabilis, ib; multitudo inhabilis ad consensum, incapable of being made to agree; Liv., 12, 16); hebes ad aliquid (blunt, not sharp; e.g., incapable of understanding, hebes ad intelligendum).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for incapable?
- The usual Latin words for “incapable” are indocilis, iners, hebes; also inhabilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.