stultus

Esperanto

Verb

stultus

conditional of stulti

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstul.tus/, [ˈstʊɫ.tʊs]
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Adjective

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

foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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

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, 1883–1887)
stultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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