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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 5 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• foolish:
      1. 1. stultus (most general term): unless you are more f. than the most f., nisi sis stultior stultissimo, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 26: puffed up with f. and barbarian arrogance, s. ac barbara arrogantia elati, Caes. B. C. 3, 59: a very f. plan, consilium stultissimum, Liv.: Cic.: v. fool (I., 1).
      2. 2. fătuus (stronger than stultus, and mostly used as subs.): v. idiot. Join: fatuus, insulsus, tardus, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 49.
      3. 3. ĭneptus: v. silly.
      4. 4. insĭpĭens: v. unwise.
      5. 5. stŏlĭdus: v. stupid.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FOOLISH
stultus (foolish, from want of practical wisdom, μωρός; opposed to prudens, of persons or things): fatuus (silly; from want of judgement): stolidus (from want of reasonable moderation; from brutality): demens (that has lost his mind; who acts senselessly): ineptus (without good sense): insulsus (absurd): mente captus: vesanus (insane, mad): ridiculus (amusing, like a fool): mirus (strange). A foolish affair or thing, mira res; mirum negotium: a foolish fellow (i. e., droll), ridiculum caput. I consider it very foolish to, etc., summae dementiae esse judico, with following infinitive.