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1 asinus
asinus ī, m an ass, C., L.—Fig., an ass, blockhead, dolt: germanus.* * *Iasina, asinum ADJof/connected with an ass/donkey, ass's; stupid, asinineIIass, donkey; blockhead, fool, dolt -
2 cucurbita
cucurbita ae, f (prop., a gourd), a cuppingglass (from its form), Iu.* * *gourd (plant/fruit) (Cucurbitaceae); dolt/pumpkin-head; cup, cupping-glass -
3 truncus
truncus ī, m [1 truncus].—Of a tree, the stem, stock, bole, trunk: arborum trunci, Cs.: quid interest inter hominem et truncum? etc.: enodes trunci, V.: inlapsus cerebro, H.: acernus, O.— The trunk, body: corporis: recto se attollere trunco, O.: iacet ingens litore truncus, V.—Fig., a stock, blockhead, dunce, dolt: qui potest esse in eius modi trunco sapientia?— A trunk, stem: quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes elegendae sunt.* * * -
4 blennus
Iblenna, blennum ADJdriveling, slavering, dribbling; silly, childish, idioticIIblockhead, dolt, simpleton, imbecile; driveling idiot -
5 bucco
fathead, dolt, blockhead, fool -
6 cucurbitula
bitter gourd (Cucurbitaceae); courgette; dolt/pumpkinhead; cupping-glass+use -
7 petro
young/breeding ram; a rustic, dolt, rube, bumpkin -
8 asinus
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.I.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.:II.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. -
9 blennus
blennus, i, m., = blennos, a blockhead, dolt, simpleton:stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll. -
10 Caudex
1. I. (α).Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—(β).Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,B.The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:C. II.codex,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —Inpartic.A.A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:B.quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,(Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).(α).Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—(β).Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—C.Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:D.sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §92: referre in codicem,
id. Sull. 15, 44.—A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.2.Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37. -
11 caudex
1. I. (α).Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—(β).Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,B.The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:C. II.codex,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —Inpartic.A.A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:B.quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,(Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).(α).Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—(β).Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—C.Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:D.sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §92: referre in codicem,
id. Sull. 15, 44.—A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.2.Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37. -
12 fungus
fungus, i, m. [for sfungus, kindred to sphongos, spongos, the initial s suppressed as in fallo, fides, nurus, etc.; cf. funis, and v. the letter S.], a mushroom, moril, fungus.I.Lit.:II.satis esse nobis non magis hoc potis est quam imber fungo,
Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 33; Plin. 22, 23, 47, § 96; Hor. S. 2, 4, 20.—Transf.A.A soft-pated fellow, a dolt:B.stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2; so id. ib. 2, 3, 49; 4, 7, 23.—A fungous excrescence on the human body, Tert. Spect. 23; cf.:C.fungo simile ulcus,
Cels. 6, 18, 11.—On the olive-tree, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 223.— -
13 gurdus
gurdus, i, m. [Spanish], a dolt, jolterhead, numskull:gurdos, quos pro stolidis accipit vulgus, ex Hispania duxisse originem audivi,
Quint. 1, 5, 57; cf.: gurdus lentus, inutilis, Gloss. Isid.; Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 8 (Com. Fragm. v. 13 Rib.). -
14 truncus
1.truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).I.Lit.:(β).trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum),
i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659:trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii,
Sen. Ep. 66, 51:nemora,
i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455:truncas mhonesto vulnere nares,
Verg. A. 6, 497:vultus naribus auribusque,
Mart. 2, 83, 3:frons,
deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42:frontem lumina truncam,
deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400:bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit,
deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19:puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum,
Liv. 41, 9, 5:varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros,
Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50:tela,
i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.:trunci enses et fractae hastae,
Stat. Th. 2, 711:truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta,
Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf.alnus,
without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300:truncae atque mutilae litterae,
Gell. 17, 9, 12:exta,
Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.—Poet., with gen.:B.animalia trunca pedum,
without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.—Transf.1.Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts:2. II.quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris,
Ov. M. 1, 428:ranae pedibus,
id. ib. 15, 376:ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus,
Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42—Trop., maimed, mutilated:2. I.(Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus,
Liv. 31, 29, 11:pecus,
without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333:manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant,
Quint. 11, 3, 85:trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum),
Stat. Th. 12, 478:trunca quaedam ex Menandro,
fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.—Hence, subst.:Lit.:B.cibus... Per truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes,
Lucr. 1, 353:quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—Transf.1.Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs:2.status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans,
Cic. Or. 18, 59:nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat,
id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28:recto pugnat se attollere trunco,
Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640:et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco,
Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.—Of a column.(α).The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med. —(β). 3.A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our:4. * II.frondentes,
Val. Fl. 8, 287;a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus),
Verg. M. 57.—
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dolt — dolt; dolt·ish; dolt·ish·ly; dolt·ish·ness; … English syllables
dolt — (d[=o]lt; 110), n. [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See {Dull}.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard. [1913 Webster] This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dolt — dolt, v. i. To behave foolishly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dolt — [dōlt] n. [prob. < ME dolte, pp. of dullen: see DULL, vt. vi.] a stupid, slow witted person; blockhead doltish adj. doltishly adv. doltishness n … English World dictionary
dolt — [dəult US doult] n old fashioned [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from dold stupid (1400 1500)] a silly or stupid person >doltish adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
dolt — [ doult ] noun count a stupid person … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dolt — (n.) 1540s, perhaps a variant of dold dull, foolish, influenced by dulte, dolte, pp. forms of M.E. dullen to dull, make or become dazed or stupid (see DULL (Cf. dull)). Related: Doltish; doltishly; doltishness … Etymology dictionary
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dolt — ► NOUN ▪ a stupid person. DERIVATIVES doltish adjective. ORIGIN perhaps a variant of dulled, from DULL(Cf. ↑dulness) … English terms dictionary
dolt — A dolt is a dull person, a blockhead. The word has been in use since at least the sixteenth century, and was thus available to Shakespeare. He has Pandarus, in Troilus and Cressida, refer to the ‘asses, fools, dolts’, meaning the ordinary… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
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