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Menander, Monostichoi, 258

Latin > English

fatuus fatua, fatuum ADJ :: foolish, silly; idiotic
fatuus fatuus fatui N M :: fool

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fătŭus: a, um, adj. root fa, cf. for; properly, garrulous,
I foolish, silly, simple (class.; syn.: stultus, stolidus, insipiens, desipiens, stupidus, hebes, ineptus, insulsus, absurdus).
I Adj.: ego me ipsum stultum existimo, fatuum esse non opinor, Afran. ap. Isid. Orig. 10, 246: stulti, stolidi. fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2: fatuus est, insulsus, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 49: non modo nequam et improbus, sed etiam fatuus et amens es, Cic. Deiot. 7, 21: monitor, id. de Or. 2, 24, 99: homo, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 274: puer, Cic. Att. 6, 6, 3: nisi plane fatui sint, id. Fin. 2, 22, 70: mores, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18.—
   B Poet. transf.
   1    Insipid, tasteless, of food: ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae, Mart. 13, 13.—
   2    Awkward, clumsy, unwieldy: illa bipennem Insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat, Juv. 6, 658.—
II Subst.: fătŭus, i, m., and fătŭa, ae, f., a fool, simpleton, a jester, buffoon.
   A In gen., one who acts foolishly: paene ecfregisti, fatue, foribus cardines, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; Cat. 83, 2; Juv. 9, 8.—
   B Esp., kept by Romans of rank for their amusement: Harpasten, uxoris meae fatuam, scis hereditarium onus in domo mea remansisse ... si quando fatuo delectari volo, me rideo, Sen. Ep. 50, 2; Lampr. Comm. 4, 3.—Hence, fătŭe, adv., foolishly, absurdly: plerumque studio loquendi fatue modo accedendum, Quint. 6, 4, 8 dub. (Spald. and Zumpt, fatui); Tert. adv. Herm. 10; id. de Pat. 6. —Hence,>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) fătŭus,¹³ a, um,
1 fade, insipide : Mart. 13, 13, 1
2 [fig.] insensé, extravagant : Cic. Dej. 21 ; de Or. 2, 90 || subst. m. f., fou, bouffon, folle : Juv. 9, 8 ; Sen. Ep. 50, 2 [les grands personnages à Rome entretenaient des bouffons pour passer le temps].

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) fatuus1, a, um (zu cōnfūto), I) albern = einfältig, blödsinnig, narrenhaft, von Natur od. im Benehmen, a) v. Pers.: puer fatuus, Cic.: monitor non fatuus, Cic.: qui futuri sunt posthac stulti, stolidi, fatui, Plaut.: fatuus est, insulsus, tardus, Ter.: fatuus et amens es, Cic. – subst., α) ein alberner Mensch im Benehmen, ein Narr, Catull. 83, 2. Iuven. 9, 8. – β) fatuus, ī, m. u. fatua, ae, f., der, die Blödsinnige von Natur, der Narr, die Närrin, wie sie röm. Große sich zur Kurzweil hielten, Sen. ep. 50, 2. Lampr. Comm. 4, 3. – b) v. Lebl., albern, fade, verkehrt, primas illas rabiosulas (litteras) sat fatuas dedisti, deine ersten Briefe mit ihrem tollen Heimweh haben des Verkehrten genug enthalten, Cic. ep. 7, 16, 1: mimico genere fatuam sententiam dixit, Sen. contr. 7, 5 (20), 15: lege libros omnes propheticos, non intellecto Christo, quid tam insipidum et fatuum invenies? Augustin. in euang. Ioann. tract. 9. § 3: poet., bipennis insulsa et fatua, Iuven. 6, 658. – II) übtr., dem Geschmacke nach fade = geschmacklos, beta, Mart.: placenta, Mart.: sal, taubes, Eccl.: si fatuum exierit, Apic.

Translations

foolish

Albanian: budalla; Arabic: أَحْمَق‎, غَبِيّ‎, سَفِيهٌ‎, مُغَفَّل‎; Armenian: հիմար, տխմար, ապուշ; Asturian: neciu, ñeciu; Azerbaijani: ağılsız, axmaq; Belarusian: дурны; Bengali: মূর্খ; Breton: sod; Bulgarian: неразумен, глупав; Burmese: မိုက်မဲ; Catalan: ximple; Cherokee: ᎤᎸᏓᎴᏍᎩ; Chinese Cantonese: 傻, 笨; Mandarin: 笨, 傻, 蠢, 愚蠢的; Chuukese: tiparoch; Czech: pošetilý, hloupý; Danish: tåbelig, dum; Dutch: onverstandig, dom; Esperanto: malsaĝa, stulta; Estonian: rumal, narr, tobe, loll; Faroese: býttur, býttisligur, óvitskutur, fávitskutur; Finnish: houkkamainen; French: sot, stupide, bête, idiot; Galician: necio; Georgian: სულელი; German: dumm, närrisch, töricht; Gothic: 𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃; Greek: ανόητος; Ancient Greek: ἀβέλτερος, ἀδόλεσχος, ἀκαίριος, ἄκαιρος, ἀλίθιος, ἀλιτόφρων, ἀλόγιστος, ἄνοος, ἄνους, ἀπειράγαθος, ἄσοφος, ἀσύφηλος, ἀφραδής, ἄφρενος, ἄφρων, βαβύρτας, εὐήθης, εὐηθικός, ἠλίθιος, κακόβουλος, κακοφραδής, κεπφαττελεβῶδες, κεπφαττελεβώδης, κέπφος, κεπφώδης, κωφός, λαθίφρων, μάταιος, μωρός, νενίηλος, νηπύτιος, νήφρων, φλύαρος, φλυαρώδης; Hebrew: מטופש‎, טיפשי‎; Hindi: मूर्ख; Hungarian: buta; Icelandic: heimskur; Ido: dessaja; Irish: leibideach, díchéillí, aimhghlic; Italian: babbeo, sciocco; Japanese: 愚かな, 馬鹿げた, 馬鹿な; Kabuverdianu: tolobásku; Khmer: ភ្លើ; Korean: 어리석다, 둔하다; Ladino: bovo; Latin: fatuus, stultus, morus, ineptus; Latvian: muļķīgs, dumjš, neprātīgs; Lithuanian: kvailas, neprotingas; Luxembourgish: domm, topeg; Macedonian: глупав; Manx: ommidjagh, blebbinagh, neuhushtagh, meecheeallagh, sou-cheayllagh, bolvaneagh; Maori: manuware, nenekara, rūrūwai, heahea, wawau; Norwegian Bokmål: tåpelig, dum; Oromo: gowwaa; Ottoman Turkish: خفیف‎; Persian: احمق‎, ببو‎; Polish: niemądry, głupi; Portuguese: idiota, tolo; Romanian: prost, tont, nerod; Russian: глупый, дурацкий, дурной, идиотский; Sardinian Campidanese: bovu, bacciloi, lolloi, managu, mengòsu; Logudorese: dòndoro, ménzu, menzosu, bovu; Scottish Gaelic: amaideach, faoin; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: будаласт, глуп; Roman: budalast, glup; Sidamo: gowwa; Slovak: pochabý, hlúpy; Slovene: neumen, butast, trapast; Spanish: tonto, necio, imprudente; Swedish: dåraktig, dum; Telugu: మూర్ఖ, పిచ్చి; Thai: โง่; Tocharian A: āknats; Tocharian B: aknātsa; Turkish: ahmak, akılsız, aptalca, enayice, sersem, angut; Ukrainian: дурний; Urdu: مورکھ‎; Vietnamese: dại dột; Volapük: fopik; Yiddish: נאַריש‎

Latin > Chinese

fatuus, a, um. adj. :: 淡無鹽者