stupidus

stupidus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.pi.dus/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstu.pi.dus/, [ˈst̪uːpid̪us]

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	stupidus	stupida	stupidum		stupidī	stupidae	stupida
Genitive	stupidī	stupidae	stupidī		stupidōrum	stupidārum	stupidōrum
Dative	stupidō		stupidō		stupidīs
Accusative	stupidum	stupidam	stupidum		stupidōs	stupidās	stupida
Ablative	stupidō	stupidā	stupidō		stupidīs
Vocative	stupide	stupida	stupidum		stupidī	stupidae	stupida

Descendants

• → Catalan: estúpid
• → Danish: stupid
• → Ido: stupida
• → Italian: stupido
• → Middle French: stupide
  • → English: stupid
    • → Pennsylvania German: schtupid
  • French: stupide
    • → Romanian: stupid
• → Maltese: stupidu
• → 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016