fatuus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰat-.[1] See also battuō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.tu.us/, [ˈfa.tʊ.ʊs]
Adjective
fatuus (feminine fatua, neuter fatuum); first/second declension
- foolish, silly, simple
- Ego me ipsum stultum existimo, fatuum esse non opinor. ― I consider myself stupid, not silly.
- stupid
- (of food) insipid, tasteless
- Ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- awkward, clumsy, unwieldy
- Illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | fatuus | fatua | fatuum | fatuī | fatuae | fatua | |
Genitive | fatuī | fatuae | fatuī | fatuōrum | fatuārum | fatuōrum | |
Dative | fatuō | fatuae | fatuō | fatuīs | fatuīs | fatuīs | |
Accusative | fatuum | fatuam | fatuum | fatuōs | fatuās | fatua | |
Ablative | fatuō | fatuā | fatuō | fatuīs | fatuīs | fatuīs | |
Vocative | fatue | fatua | fatuum | fatuī | fatuae | fatua |
Noun
fatuus m (genitive fatuī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fatuus | fatuī |
Genitive | fatuī | fatuōrum |
Dative | fatuō | fatuīs |
Accusative | fatuum | fatuōs |
Ablative | fatuō | fatuīs |
Vocative | fatue | fatuī |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- fatuus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fatuus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fatuus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fatuus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fatuus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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