stultus

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Esperanto

Verb

stultus

  1. conditional of stulti

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ster- (stiff). Cognate with Latin strēnuus, stolidus, sterilis, torpeō, Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

stultus (feminine stulta, neuter stultum, comparative stultior, superlative stultissimus, adverb stultē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative stultus stulta stultum stultī stultae stulta
Genitive stultī stultae stultī stultōrum stultārum stultōrum
Dative stultō stultō stultīs
Accusative stultum stultam stultum stultōs stultās stulta
Ablative stultō stultā stultō stultīs
Vocative stulte stulta stultum stultī stultae stulta

Descendants

  • Portuguese: estulto
  • Spanish: estulto
  • English: stultify
  • Esperanto: stultulo
  • Italian: stolto

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.