stupid
stupid
adj.
Dull: P. and V. νωθής, ἀ̆μᾰθής, ἀ̆φυής, Ar. and P. δυσμᾰθής, ἐμβρόντητος, P. ἀναίσθητος, βλακικός.
Foolish (of persons or things): P. and V. μῶρος, εὐήθης, ἠλί̆θιος (Eur. Cycl. 537), ἀσύνετος, ἄ̆βουλος, ἀ̆μᾰθής, Ar. and P. ἀ̆νόητος, ἀ̆βέλτερος, V. κενόφρων ; (of persons only): P. and V. ἄ̆νους, ἄφρων, σκαιός, V. κᾰκόφρων.
adj.
Dull: P. and V. νωθής, ἀ̆μᾰθής, ἀ̆φυής, Ar. and P. δυσμᾰθής, ἐμβρόντητος, P. ἀναίσθητος, βλακικός.
Foolish (of persons or things): P. and V. μῶρος, εὐήθης, ἠλί̆θιος (Eur. Cycl. 537), ἀσύνετος, ἄ̆βουλος, ἀ̆μᾰθής, Ar. and P. ἀ̆νόητος, ἀ̆βέλτερος, V. κενόφρων ; (of persons only): P. and V. ἄ̆νους, ἄφρων, σκαιός, V. κᾰκόφρων.
STUPID
stolidus: stultus (stolidus of one who is defective in judgement; stultus silly inconsiderate; both also of things): ineptus (imprudent inconsistent; of persons or things): fatuus (silly; only of persons): desipiens: insipiens (mad): inconsultus: imprudens (inconsiderate imprudent): amens: demens (without understanding): vecors: socors (senseless): bardus: tardus (sloio in intellect): stupidus (dull). (The words are found in this connection and order.) stupidus et tardus; hebes (ad intelligendum dull heavy): hebetatus: retusus: obtusus: brutus (like a brute animal without reason: ingenium retusum; opposed to acutum Cic. Div. 1 36): Stupid as a post stipes: truncus: stupid as a beast aeque hebes ac pecus (Cic. De Div. 1 22 extr. from a poet): he made his pupils half as stupid again as he found them discipulos dimidio reddidit stultiores quam acceperat.
stolidus: stultus (stolidus of one who is defective in judgement; stultus silly inconsiderate; both also of things): ineptus (imprudent inconsistent; of persons or things): fatuus (silly; only of persons): desipiens: insipiens (mad): inconsultus: imprudens (inconsiderate imprudent): amens: demens (without understanding): vecors: socors (senseless): bardus: tardus (sloio in intellect): stupidus (dull). (The words are found in this connection and order.) stupidus et tardus; hebes (ad intelligendum dull heavy): hebetatus: retusus: obtusus: brutus (like a brute animal without reason: ingenium retusum; opposed to acutum Cic. Div. 1 36): Stupid as a post stipes: truncus: stupid as a beast aeque hebes ac pecus (Cic. De Div. 1 22 extr. from a poet): he made his pupils half as stupid again as he found them discipulos dimidio reddidit stultiores quam acceperat.
stupid:
1. stŏlĭdus: no stone is more s. than this man, nullum hoc stolidius est saxum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 33: s. self-confidence, s. fiducia, Liv. 34, 46.
2. stŭpĭdus: a s. husband, s. maritus, Mart. 11, 7.
3. bardus: Join: Zopyrus said that Socrates was s., Z. stupidum esse Socratem dixit et b., Cic. Fat. 5, 10.
4. hĕbes, ĕtis (dull): annoyances have made me s., me h. molestiae reddiderunt, Cic. Att. 9, 17, 2: s. as a beast, aeque hebes ac pecus, poet. in Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45. Join: obtusi et hebetes, Cic. Frag.
5. stultus (gen. term): v.FOOLISH .
6. sōcors, dis: a s. disposition, s. ingenium, Tac. A. 13, 47. Join: stolidi ac s., Liv. 9, 34.
7. āmens: rare in this sense: see Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 3, 7, and ib. § 5.
8. fătuus: v.SILLY .
9. brūtus: v.IRRATIONAL .
10. obtūsus: v.DULL .
11. dēsĭpiens, insĭpiens: v.FOOLISH , UNWISE .
12. ĭneptus (in bad taste), inconsultus, imprūdens (indiscreet), may be used with reference to particular actions.
13. insulsus (insipid, of speeches, etc.): Cic.
14. laevus: how s. I am! O ego l., Hor. A. P. 301. Phr.: s. as a post, stipes, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4: asinus may be similarly used.
1. stŏlĭdus: no stone is more s. than this man, nullum hoc stolidius est saxum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 33: s. self-confidence, s. fiducia, Liv. 34, 46.
2. stŭpĭdus: a s. husband, s. maritus, Mart. 11, 7.
3. bardus: Join: Zopyrus said that Socrates was s., Z. stupidum esse Socratem dixit et b., Cic. Fat. 5, 10.
4. hĕbes, ĕtis (dull): annoyances have made me s., me h. molestiae reddiderunt, Cic. Att. 9, 17, 2: s. as a beast, aeque hebes ac pecus, poet. in Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45. Join: obtusi et hebetes, Cic. Frag.
5. stultus (gen. term): v.
6. sōcors, dis: a s. disposition, s. ingenium, Tac. A. 13, 47. Join: stolidi ac s., Liv. 9, 34.
7. āmens: rare in this sense: see Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 3, 7, and ib. § 5.
8. fătuus: v.
9. brūtus: v.
10. obtūsus: v.
11. dēsĭpiens, insĭpiens: v.
12. ĭneptus (in bad taste), inconsultus, imprūdens (indiscreet), may be used with reference to particular actions.
13. insulsus (insipid, of speeches, etc.): Cic.
14. laevus: how s. I am! O ego l., Hor. A. P. 301. Phr.: s. as a post, stipes, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4: asinus may be similarly used.