stultus

Esperanto

Verb

stultus

1. 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstul.tus/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstul.tus/, [ˈst̪ul̪t̪us]

Adjective

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

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stultus	stulta	stultum		stultī	stultae	stulta
genitive	stultī	stultae	stultī		stultōrum	stultārum	stultōrum
dative	stultō	stultae	stultō		stultīs
accusative	stultum	stultam	stultum		stultōs	stultās	stulta
ablative	stultō	stultā	stultō		stultīs
vocative	stulte	stulta	stultum		stultī	stultae	stulta

Related terms

• stultē
• stultitia

Descendants

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

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.