stultividus

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from stultus (“stupid”) +‎ videō (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /stulˈti.u̯i.dus/, [s̠t̪ʊɫ̪ˈt̪iu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stulˈti.vi.dus/, [st̪ul̪ˈt̪iːvid̪us]

Adjective

stultividus (feminine stultivida, neuter stultividum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax) simple-sighted
   • c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 334-335:

     Pal. Meus illic homo est, deturbabo iam ego illum de pugnaculis. Vin iam faciam, ut stultividum fateare?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	stultividus	stultivida	stultividum		stultividī	stultividae	stultivida
Genitive	stultividī	stultividae	stultividī		stultividōrum	stultividārum	stultividōrum
Dative	stultividō		stultividō		stultividīs
Accusative	stultividum	stultividam	stultividum		stultividōs	stultividās	stultivida
Ablative	stultividō	stultividā	stultividō		stultividīs
Vocative	stultivide	stultivida	stultividum		stultividī	stultividae	stultivida

References

• “stultividus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stultividus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.