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): /ˈsto.li.dus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɔlʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsto.li.dus/, [ˈst̪ɔːlid̪us]

Adjective

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

1. stupid, foolish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

• stolidē
• stoliditās

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.