folly Copy link Outline 1. stultĭtia (most general term)2. fătuĭtas (rare = sheer f., idiotcy3. insĭpientia (absence of sound judgment or wisdom)4. āmentia, dēmentia (the state of one bereft of reason, mens)5. ĭneptia (silliness, absurdity of particular acts or things • folly: 1. stultĭtia (most general term): O incredible delusion (i. e., astrology) for it is not every error that should be called f., O incredibilem delirationem! non enim omnis error s. est dicenda, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 90: it is f. to ..., stultitiae, stultorum est, cf. L. G. § 266. 2. fătuĭtas (rare = sheer f., idiotcy: v. syn. under fool): this should not be named ignorance, but sheer f., non hanc imprudentiam ... sed f. nominari oportere, Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 99. 3. insĭpientia (absence of sound judgment or wisdom): f. is as it were an unhealthy condition of mind, ins. est quasi insanitas quaedam animi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10: Pl. 4. āmentia, dēmentia (the state of one bereft of reason, mens): the condition of the mind lacking the light of intellect, they named f., animi affectionem mentis lumine carentem nominaverunt amentiam, eandemque dementiam, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10: he thought it the height of f., summae d. esse putavit, Caes. B. G. 4, 13: v. infatuation. 5. ĭneptia (silliness, absurdity of particular acts or things: esp. in pl.): of all f.s perhaps there is not one greater, omnium in. haud scio an nulla sit major, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.