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|lshtext=<b>stŏlĭdus</b>: a, um, adj. [[root]] [[star]]-; Gr. [[στερεός]]>, [[firm]]; cf. [[stultus]]; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 155 sq..<br /><b>I</b> Unmovable; and [[hence]], [[slow]], [[coarse]], [[uncultivated]], [[rude]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[fatuus]], [[insipiens]], [[stupidus]], [[stultus]], [[insulsus]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Lit.: stolidum [[genus]] Aeacidarum Bellipotentes sunt magi' [[quam]] sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 187 Vahl.): nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt, id. ib. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 109 id.).—<br /><b>II</b> Dull, [[senseless]], [[slow]] of [[mind]], [[obtuse]], [[stupid]], [[stolid]]: mī stolido, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2: [[quid]], [[stolide]], clamas? id. Aul. 3, 2, 1; id. Ep. 3, 3, 40; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 19: vix [[tandem]] sensi [[stolidus]], Ter. And. 3, 1, 12: indocti stolidique, * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 184: [[Lentulus]] perincertum stolidior an vanior, Sall. ap. Gell. 18, 4, 4 (H. 4, 35 Dietsch): dux [[ipse]] [[inter]] stolidissimos, Liv. 22, 28, 9: o vatum stolidissime, falleris, Ov. M. 13, 774.—Of the [[Stoics]], Lucr. 1, 641; 1, 1068.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of things: [[nihil]] est stultius [[neque]] stolidius, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 162; cf.: nullum est hoc stolidius [[saxum]], id. Mil. 4, 2, 33: aures (Midae), Ov. M. 11, 175; cf. [[barba]] (Jovis), Pers. 2, 28: [[vires]], Liv. 28, 21, 10: hujus generis causarum [[alia]] sunt quieta, [[nihil]] agentia, stolida [[quodammodo]], i. e, [[inert]], [[inoperative]], * Cic. Top. 15, 59: stolida impudensque [[postulatio]], Liv. 21, 20: [[fiducia]], id. 34, 46, 8: [[superbia]], id. 45, 3: [[audacia]], Tac. H. 4, 15: [[procacitas]], Mart. 1, 42, 19.—Hence, adv.: stŏlĭdē, [[stupidly]], [[stolidly]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: id non [[promissum]] [[magis]] [[stolide]] [[quam]] [[stolide]] [[creditum]], Liv. 25, 19; 7, 5: [[laetus]], id. 7, 10; 27, 17; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3; Just. 2, 3: [[stolide]] [[castra]] subgressus, Sall. H. 4, 67 Dietsch.— Comp., Amm. 19, 5, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of things: [[stolide]] tument pulmonea ([[mala]]), Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52.