simpleton

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Arcădĭa, ae, f., = Arkadia, a mountainous province in the centre of the Peloponnesus, the Greek Switzerland, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Verg. E. 4, 58; Ov. M. 2, 405; 9, 192 al.—Hence, derivv.

Arcădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Arkadikos, Arcadian:

asinus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 67; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; Pers. 3, 9.—Arcadicus juvenis for a simpleton (since the Arcadians, as mostly mountaineers, were considered as a simple, uncultivated people), Juv. 7, 160.—

Arcădĭus, a, um, adj., = Arkadios, Arcadian: Arcadius sus, the Arcadian boar, * Lucr. 5, 25:

dea,

i. e. Carmenta, who came from Arcadia to Italy, Ov. F. 1, 462:

virgo,

i. e. the nymph Arethusa, id. Am. 3, 6, 30:

deus,

i. e. Pan, Prop. 1, 18, 20:

rupes,

id. 1, 1, 14:

agri,

id. 3, 24, 23:

sidus,

i. e. the Great Bear, Sen. Oedip. 476: virga, the wand of Mercury (who was born upon the Arcadian mountain Cyllene, and worshipped there), Stat. Th. 2, 70:

galerus,

the helmet of Mercury, id. ib. 7, 39.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., a town in Crete, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 4; Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., = Arkadia, a mountainous province in the centre of the Peloponnesus, the Greek Switzerland, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Verg. E. 4, 58; Ov. M. 2, 405; 9, 192 al.—Hence, derivv.

Arcădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Arkadikos, Arcadian:

asinus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 67; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; Pers. 3, 9.—Arcadicus juvenis for a simpleton (since the Arcadians, as mostly mountaineers, were considered as a simple, uncultivated people), Juv. 7, 160.—

Arcădĭus, a, um, adj., = Arkadios, Arcadian: Arcadius sus, the Arcadian boar, * Lucr. 5, 25:

dea,

i. e. Carmenta, who came from Arcadia to Italy, Ov. F. 1, 462:

virgo,

i. e. the nymph Arethusa, id. Am. 3, 6, 30:

deus,

i. e. Pan, Prop. 1, 18, 20:

rupes,

id. 1, 1, 14:

agri,

id. 3, 24, 23:

sidus,

i. e. the Great Bear, Sen. Oedip. 476: virga, the wand of Mercury (who was born upon the Arcadian mountain Cyllene, and worshipped there), Stat. Th. 2, 70:

galerus,

the helmet of Mercury, id. ib. 7, 39.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., a town in Crete, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 4; Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., = Arkadia, a mountainous province in the centre of the Peloponnesus, the Greek Switzerland, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Verg. E. 4, 58; Ov. M. 2, 405; 9, 192 al.—Hence, derivv.

Arcădĭcus, a, um, adj., = Arkadikos, Arcadian:

asinus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 67; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167; Pers. 3, 9.—Arcadicus juvenis for a simpleton (since the Arcadians, as mostly mountaineers, were considered as a simple, uncultivated people), Juv. 7, 160.—

Arcădĭus, a, um, adj., = Arkadios, Arcadian: Arcadius sus, the Arcadian boar, * Lucr. 5, 25:

dea,

i. e. Carmenta, who came from Arcadia to Italy, Ov. F. 1, 462:

virgo,

i. e. the nymph Arethusa, id. Am. 3, 6, 30:

deus,

i. e. Pan, Prop. 1, 18, 20:

rupes,

id. 1, 1, 14:

agri,

id. 3, 24, 23:

sidus,

i. e. the Great Bear, Sen. Oedip. 476: virga, the wand of Mercury (who was born upon the Arcadian mountain Cyllene, and worshipped there), Stat. Th. 2, 70:

galerus,

the helmet of Mercury, id. ib. 7, 39.

Arcădĭa, ae, f., a town in Crete, Sen. Q. N. 3, 11, 4; Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53.

ăsĭnus, i, m. [acc. to Benfey, I. p. 123, and Hehn foll. by Curtius, an oriental word, perh. the Heb., asina; cf. Goth. asilus; Lith. asilas; Erse, assul; Celt. asen or assen; Engl. ass; and Gr. onos, which latter two forms the Lat. seems to have in combination], an ass.

Lit., Cato, R. R. 10, 1; 11, 1; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 14; 2, 6, 1 al.; Col. 6, 37, 8; 6, 7, 1 al.; Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 167 sqq. et saep.; Vulg. Gen. 12, 6; ib. Isa. 1, 3; ib. Luc. 13, 15; 14, 5 et persaepe.—Prov.:

qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit,

i. e. he, that cannot find the offender, avenges himself on the unoffending, Petr. 45, 8:

in tegulis, of an odd appearance,

id. 45, 63: ad lyram, of an awkward man, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 16:

sepulturā asini sepelietur, of a contemptible and unworthy man,

Vulg. Jer. 22, 19.—

Trop., an ass, a dolt, simpleton, blockhead:

neque ego homines magis asinos umquam vidi,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 4; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4. —Hence, as a term of insult:

Quid tu autem huic, asine, auscultas?

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 12; id. Eun. 3, 5, 50:

Quid nunc te, asine, litteras doceam? Non opus est verbis, sed fustibus,

Cic. Pis. 30.

fătŭus, a, um, adj. [root fa, cf. for; properly, garrulous], foolish, silly, simple (class.; syn.: stultus, stolidus, insipiens, desipiens, stupidus, hebes, ineptus, insulsus, absurdus).

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.—

Poet. transf.

Insipid, tasteless, of food: ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae, Mart. 13, 13.—

Awkward, clumsy, unwieldy:

illa bipennem Insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat,

Juv. 6, 658.—

Subst.: fătŭus, i, m., and fătŭa, ae, f., a fool, simpleton, a jester, buffoon.

In gen., one who acts foolishly:

paene ecfregisti, fatue, foribus cardines,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; Cat. 83, 2; Juv. 9, 8.—

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,

Fātŭus, i. m., another name for the prophesying Faunus; also called Fātŭ-ellus; while his sister, Fauna, who prophesied to females, was also called Fātŭa and Fātŭella, Lact. 1, 22, 9; Arn. 5, 18; Macr. S. 1, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 167; Just. 43, 1; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 117 (dub.; Jan. fatuos).

fătŭus, a, um, adj. [root fa, cf. for; properly, garrulous], foolish, silly, simple (class.; syn.: stultus, stolidus, insipiens, desipiens, stupidus, hebes, ineptus, insulsus, absurdus).

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.—

Poet. transf.

Insipid, tasteless, of food: ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae, Mart. 13, 13.—

Awkward, clumsy, unwieldy:

illa bipennem Insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat,

Juv. 6, 658.—

Subst.: fătŭus, i, m., and fătŭa, ae, f., a fool, simpleton, a jester, buffoon.

In gen., one who acts foolishly:

paene ecfregisti, fatue, foribus cardines,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; Cat. 83, 2; Juv. 9, 8.—

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,

Fātŭus, i. m., another name for the prophesying Faunus; also called Fātŭ-ellus; while his sister, Fauna, who prophesied to females, was also called Fātŭa and Fātŭella, Lact. 1, 22, 9; Arn. 5, 18; Macr. S. 1, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 167; Just. 43, 1; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 117 (dub.; Jan. fatuos).

fătŭus, a, um, adj. [root fa, cf. for; properly, garrulous], foolish, silly, simple (class.; syn.: stultus, stolidus, insipiens, desipiens, stupidus, hebes, ineptus, insulsus, absurdus).

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.—

Poet. transf.

Insipid, tasteless, of food: ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae, Mart. 13, 13.—

Awkward, clumsy, unwieldy:

illa bipennem Insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat,

Juv. 6, 658.—

Subst.: fătŭus, i, m., and fătŭa, ae, f., a fool, simpleton, a jester, buffoon.

In gen., one who acts foolishly:

paene ecfregisti, fatue, foribus cardines,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; Cat. 83, 2; Juv. 9, 8.—

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,

Fātŭus, i. m., another name for the prophesying Faunus; also called Fātŭ-ellus; while his sister, Fauna, who prophesied to females, was also called Fātŭa and Fātŭella, Lact. 1, 22, 9; Arn. 5, 18; Macr. S. 1, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 167; Just. 43, 1; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 117 (dub.; Jan. fatuos).

fătŭus, a, um, adj. [root fa, cf. for; properly, garrulous], foolish, silly, simple (class.; syn.: stultus, stolidus, insipiens, desipiens, stupidus, hebes, ineptus, insulsus, absurdus).

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.—

Poet. transf.

Insipid, tasteless, of food: ut sapiant fatuae, fabrorum prandia, betae, Mart. 13, 13.—

Awkward, clumsy, unwieldy:

illa bipennem Insulsam et fatuam dextra tenebat,

Juv. 6, 658.—

Subst.: fătŭus, i, m., and fătŭa, ae, f., a fool, simpleton, a jester, buffoon.

In gen., one who acts foolishly:

paene ecfregisti, fatue, foribus cardines,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; Cat. 83, 2; Juv. 9, 8.—

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,

Fātŭus, i. m., another name for the prophesying Faunus; also called Fātŭ-ellus; while his sister, Fauna, who prophesied to females, was also called Fātŭa and Fātŭella, Lact. 1, 22, 9; Arn. 5, 18; Macr. S. 1, 12; Mart. Cap. 2, § 167; Just. 43, 1; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 117 (dub.; Jan. fatuos).

maccus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. môkos, mockery; also Mômos], a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane plays:

in Atellana Oscae personae inducuntur, ut maccus,

Diom. p. 488 P.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2621.—

Transf., a simpleton, blockhead:

macci et buccones,

App. Mag. p. 325, 30.

mătŭla, ae, f., a vessel, pot for liquids (ante- and post-class.).

In gen.:

continentur mundo muliebri specula, matulae, unguenta, vasa unguentaria,

Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 10. As a term of abuse, a simpleton, noodle (cf. Engl. colloq., a vessel):

numquam ego te tam esse matulam credidi. Quid metuis?

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 64.—Prov.: Est modus matulae, we should observe moderation, the title of a satire of Varro.—

In partic., a chamber-pot, urinal: matula vas urinae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 39; Hier. Ep. 117, 8.

mōrus, a, um, adj., = môros, foolish, silly (Plautin.).

Adj.:

amor mores hominum moros et morosos facit,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 43:

ut hoc utimur more moro molestoque,

id. Men. 4, 2, 1.—

Subst.

mōrus, i, m., a fool, simpleton:

morus es,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 78.—

mōra, ae, f., a foolish woman, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 17.— Hence, adv.: mōrē, foolishly (Plautin.):

more hoc fit atque stulte,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 1.

mōrus, i, f., = môra or morea, a mulberry-tree:

arbor ibi, niveis uberrima pomis, Ardua morus erat,

Ov. M. 4, 89; cf. Plin. 16, 18, 30, § 74.

ŏvis, is (acc. ovim, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 26; al. ovem; abl. ovi, acc. to Varr. L. L. 8, § 66 Müll.), f. (m., Varr. ap. Non. 216, 23:

ovis mas,

Varr. L. L. 5, 98; cf.:

ovis semimas,

Ov. F. 1, 588; cf. Fest. p. 195 Müll.) [kindr. with Sanscr. avi, ovis; Lith. awi-s; Slav. ovjza; Gr. oïs; cf. also Goth. avistr, ovile], a sheep (class.).

Lit.:

oves scabrae, glabrae,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140:

cum fervit maxime, tam placidum quasi ovem reddo,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18; Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

multae dictione ovium et boum,

id. Rep. 2, 9, 16:

ovis bona,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 11:

aurata,

Ov. H. 6, 2:

infirmae,

Hor. Epod. 2, 10:

lanigera,

Verg. A. 3, 660:

Milesiae,

Col. 7, 2, 3:

nigra,

Verg. G. 4, 546:

pinguis,

id. E. 6, 5:

placida,

Ov. M. 13, 927:

custos ovium,

Verg. G. 1, 17:

magistri ovium,

id. E. 2, 33:

tondere oves,

Hor. Ep. 2, 10.—

Prov.: ovem lupo committere,

to appoint the wolf shepherd, Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 16; cf.:

O praeclarum custodem ovium, ut ajunt, lupum,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 27.—

Transf.

Poet., wool:

et niveam Tyrio murice tingit ovem,

Tib. 2, 4, 28.—

Sheep, for simpleton, ninny, fool, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 3, q. v. 15.

stŭpor, ōris, m. [stupeo], numbness; dulness, insensibility, stupidity, stupor, stupefaction; astonishment, wonder, amazement (class.;

syn. torpor): stupor in corpore,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

sensūs stupor,

id. Phil. 2, 45, 115:

stupor obstitit lacrimis,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 29; cf.: stupor omnium animos tenet. Liv. 9, 2:

oculos stupor urget inertes,

Verg. G. 3, 523:

stupor cordis,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16:

stupor debilitasque linguae,

id. Pis. 1, 1:

tantus te stupor oppressit, ut, etc.,

id. Phil. 2, 26, 65; cf.:

cum stupor silentiumque ceteros patrum defixisset,

Liv. 6, 40:

stupor omnes et admiratio incessit, unde tam subitum bellum,

Just. 22, 6 fin.; 12, 7; Arn. 1, 28; Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 344. —

Esp., dulness, stupidity, stolidity:

quae mandata! quā adrogantiā! Quo stupore!

Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24:

stuporem hominis, vel dicam pecudis, attendite... Sit in verbis tuis hic stupor: quanto in rebus sententiisque major,

id. ib. 2, 12, 30:

Quis stupor hic, Menelae, fuit?

Ov. A. A. 2, 361. — Poet., for stupidus, a fool, simpleton:

talis iste meus stupor nil videt, nihil audit,

Cat. 17, 21; cf.:

tum demum ingemuit corvi deceptus stupor,

Phaedr. 1, 13, 12.