fatuus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰat-.[1] See also battuō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.tu.us/, [ˈfa.tʊ.ʊs]

Adjective

fatuus (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. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. awkward, clumsy, unwieldy
    Illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Inflection

First/second declension.

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 m (genitive fatuī); 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

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fatuus fatuī
Genitive fatuī fatuōrum
Dative fatuō fatuīs
Accusative fatuum fatuōs
Ablative fatuō fatuīs
Vocative fatue fatuī

Descendants
Descendants of fatuus in other languages

References
  1. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading
  • fatuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fatuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fatuus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fatuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • fatuus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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