stupidus

Latin

Etymology

From stup(eō) (“I am stunned, benumbed”) +‎ -idus (suffix denoting tendence).

Pronunciation

Adjective

stupidus (feminine stupida, neuter stupidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. senseless, stunned, amazed
  2. stupid; dull
    Synonyms: fatuus, īnsipiēns, stultus, āmēns, dēmēns, brūtus
    Antonyms: callidus, prūdēns, sapiēns, sollers

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative stupidus stupida stupidum stupidī stupidae stupida
genitive stupidī stupidae stupidī stupidōrum stupidārum stupidōrum
dative stupidō stupidae stupidō stupidīs
accusative stupidum stupidam stupidum stupidōs stupidās stupida
ablative stupidō stupidā stupidō stupidīs
vocative stupide stupida stupidum stupidī stupidae stupida

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: estúpid
  • → Danish: stupid
  • → Ido: stupida
  • → Italian: stupido
  • → Middle French: stupide
  • → Piedmontese: stùpid
  • → Portuguese: estúpido
  • → Sicilian: stùbbitu
  • → Spanish: estúpido

References

  • “stupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "stupidus", 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)
  • stupidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • stupidus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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