stultitia
Latin
Etymology
From stultus (“stupid, foolish”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /stulˈti.ti.a/, [s̠t̪ʊɫ̪ˈt̪ɪt̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stulˈtit.t͡si.a/, [st̪ul̪ˈt̪it̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun
stultitia f (genitive stultitiae); first declension
- Folly, stupidity, foolishness, simplicity, silliness, fatuity.
- Synonyms: īnsapientia, imprūdentia, stupiditās, sōcordia, ignōrantia, ineptitūdō, inertia
- Antonyms: sapientia, prūdentia, scientia
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stultitia | stultitiae |
| Genitive | stultitiae | stultitiārum |
| Dative | stultitiae | stultitiīs |
| Accusative | stultitiam | stultitiās |
| Ablative | stultitiā | stultitiīs |
| Vocative | stultitia | stultitiae |
Related terms
- stultē
- stultificō
- stultiloquentia
- stultiloquium
- stultiloquus
- stultividus
- stultus
References
- “stultitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stultitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stultitia 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)
- stultitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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