stolidus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. stupid, foolish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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.

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