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stultus

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]

Adjective

stultus m ‎(feminine stulta, neuter stultum); first/second declension

foolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

comparative: stultior, superlative: stultissimus

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)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stultus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.