stolidus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *stolidos, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to set, be stiff”) + -idus. Cognate with stultus, Ancient Greek στελεός (steleós).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstɔ.lɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈst̪ɔː.li.d̪us]

Adjective

stolidus (feminine stolida, neuter stolidum, comparative stolidior, superlative stolidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

stupid, foolish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	stolidus	stolida	stolidum	stolidī	stolidae	stolida
genitive	stolidī	stolidae	stolidī	stolidōrum	stolidārum	stolidōrum
dative	stolidō	stolidae	stolidō	stolidīs
accusative	stolidum	stolidam	stolidum	stolidōs	stolidās	stolida
ablative	stolidō	stolidā	stolidō	stolidīs
vocative	stolide	stolida	stolidum	stolidī	stolidae	stolida

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: estòlid
→ English: stolid
→ French: stolide
→ Italian: stolido
→ Portuguese: estólido
→ Spanish: estólido

References

“stolidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“stolidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
stolidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.