stulte Latin · revision 32044

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=la stultus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈstʊɫ.teː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈstul.te]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stultē''' (comparative stultius, superlative stultissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|stultus|-ē|t1=foolish]], the adverb of the adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan files [[m|la|stultus]] under [[stolidus|t=dull, stupid]]: it may reflect ⟨*stl-to-⟩, but its further origin is uncertain;^(de Vaan 2008) Pokorny derives both adjectives from [[ine-pro|*stel-|t=to place]], so that they would first have meant “inert, standing still”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Terence,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''haud stulte sapis'', “you are no fool”.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means stupidly, foolishly or unintelligently,^(OLD 2012) the opposite of ''prudenter'' and ''sapienter''.^(Georges 1913) Georges records it in the comic poets and in Cicero.^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''haud stulte'' “not foolishly”.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|foolishly|alt=Foolishly]], [[m|en|stupidly]], unintelligently.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stultus]]

+ * [[stultitia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}