fatuus

Latin

Adjective

fatuus m (feminine fatua, neuter fatuum); first/second declension

1. foolish, silly, simple

   Ego me ipsum stultum existimo, fatuum esse non opinor.

   I consider myself stupid, not silly.

2. stupid
3. (of food) insipid, tasteless

   Ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae.

4. awkward, clumsy, unwieldy
   • Illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat.

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	fatuus	fatua	fatuum		fatuī	fatuae	fatua
genitive	fatuī	fatuae	fatuī		fatuōrum	fatuārum	fatuōrum
dative	fatuō	fatuae	fatuō		fatuīs	fatuīs	fatuīs
accusative	fatuum	fatuam	fatuum		fatuōs	fatuās	fatua
ablative	fatuō	fatuā	fatuō		fatuīs	fatuīs	fatuīs
vocative	fatue	fatua	fatuum		fatuī	fatuae	fatua

Noun

fatuus (genitive fatuī); m, second declension

1. A fool, simpleton, a jester, buffoon, blockhead

   Ita, rogo; paene effregisti, fatue, foribus cardines.

   I do so ask you; you fool, you've almost broken the hinges from off the door.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fatuus	fatuī
genitive	fatuī	fatuōrum
dative	fatuō	fatuīs
accusative	fatuum	fatuōs
ablative	fatuō	fatuīs
vocative	fatue	fatuī

Related terms

• fatua
• fatue
• ignis fatuus

Descendants

• English: fatuous
• Italian: fatuo
• Spanish: fatuo