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Verb
stultus
- conditional of stulti
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *stoltos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to set, be stiff”). Cognate with stolidus, Ancient Greek στελεός (steleós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
stultus (feminine stulta, neuter stultum, comparative stultior, superlative stultissimus, adverb stultē); first/second-declension adjective
- foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered
- Synonyms: fatuus, stupidus, īnsipiēns, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns
- Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “stultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stultus 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)
- stultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.