stultus

Esperanto

Verb

stultus

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) 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

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.

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

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.

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