fatuus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *fātus, of uncertain origin. Maybe from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *bʰat-. (See also battuō.) More likely, a derivative of *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), particularly an abstract noun *bʰh₂-tu- (“speech”); thereby related to for. According to one hypothesis, Fatuus was an alternative name of the god Faunus, who predicted the future. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfa.tu.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaː.tu.us] === Adjective === fatuus (feminine fatua, neuter fatuum, adverb fatuē); first/second-declension adjective foolish, silly, simple, stupid Synonyms: stultus, stupidus, īnsipiēns, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns, stolidus, mōrus, blennus; see also Thesaurus:homo stultus Antonyms: prūdēns, sapiēns, callidus, sollers Ego me ipsum stultum existimo, fatuum esse non opinor. ― I consider myself stupid, not silly. (of food) insipid, tasteless Synonyms: īnsulsus, īnsipidus, iners Ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae. ― So that tasteless beets, the lunches of craftsmen, may have taste. awkward, clumsy, unwieldy Illa bipennem insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat. ― She grasped an inelegant and unwieldy axe with her right hand. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === fatuus m (genitive fatuī, feminine fatua); second declension (derogatory) fool, simpleton, jester, buffoon, blockhead Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus Ita, rogo; paene effregisti, fatue, foribus cardines. ― I do so ask you; you fool, you've almost broken the hinges from off the door. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== fatue ignis fatuus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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