stultus

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Esperanto

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Verb

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stultus

  1. conditional of stulti

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *stoltos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to set, be stiff). Cognate with stolidus, Ancient Greek στελεός (steleós).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered
    Synonyms: fatuus, stupidus, īnsipiēns, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns, stolidus, blennus; see also Thesaurus:homo stultus
    Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers

Declension

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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
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Descendants

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  • Spanish: estulto
  • Esperanto: stulta
  • Italian: stolto
  • Portuguese: estulto

References

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  • 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.