brūtus1
Meaning
- adjectivedull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable, irrational
- adjectiverareheavy, unwieldy
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Stupidus · Brutus · Bardus · Stultus · Fatuus · Stolidus
Stupidus, brutus, and bardus, denote a merely negative quality, want of intellect; stupidus (from τύφω, ταφεῖν), that of a human being who comprehends with difficulty, as dull-witted, like ἀναίσθητος; brutus (μαυρωτός), that of beasts, and of men whose organization is like that of beasts, who comprehend nothing, as without reason, like βλάξ; bardus, who comprehends slowly, as without talent, like βραδύς; whereas stultus, fatuus, and stolidus, denote a positive quality of the mind, which has false notions and a perverse judgment; stultus (from τέλλω, ἀτάλλω, ἀταλόφρων), a want of practical wisdom, as folly, like μωρός, in opp. to prudens; fatuus, a want of æsthetical judgment, as silliness; stolidus, a want of reasonable moderation, as brutality. Liv. xxv. 19. Id non promissum magis stolide quam stulte creditum. (iv. 229.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | brūtus | brūta | brūtum |
| genitive | brūtī | brūtae | brūtī |
| dative | brūtō | brūtae | brūtō |
| accusative | brūtum | brūtam | brūtum |
| ablative | brūtō | brūtā | brūtō |
| vocative | brūte | brūta | brūtum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | brūtī | brūtae | brūta |
| genitive | brūtōrum | brūtārum | brūtōrum |
| dative | brūtīs | brūtīs | brūtīs |
| accusative | brūtōs | brūtās | brūta |
| ablative | brūtīs | brūtīs | brūtīs |
| vocative | brūtī | brūtae | brūta |
pondus, falling down with heavy weight, Lucr. 6, 105: tellus, * Hor. C. 1, 34, 9 (cf.: terra iners, id. ib. 3, 4, 45: immota tellus, Sen. Thyest. 1020: terra semper immobilis, Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 102: Unde Horatius. Et bruta tellus): corpora neque tam bruta quam terrea, neque tam levia quam aetheria, App. de Deo Socr. p. 47, 5.—brutum dicitur hebes et obtusum ... Pacuvius Hermiona: et obnoxium esse aut brutum aut elinguem putes, Non. p. 77, 31 sq.: fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36: quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt, Naev. ap. Fest. s. v. sardare, p. 322 Müll. (Bell. Punic. v. 65, p. 18 Vahl.): T. Manlius relegatus a patre ob adulescentiam brutam atque hebetem, Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 4; App. M. 7, p. 191, 30: homo, Lact. 7, 4, 12; Prud. στεφ. 2, 66; cf. 2. Brutus, II. B.—Esp. in a play on the name, 2. Brutus, v. h. v.—animalium hoc maxime brutum (sc. sus), Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207; 9, 29, 46, § 87; 11, 37, 70, § 183; 11, 39, 92, § 226.—But only late Lat. as a general designation of animals opp. to men, our brute, irrational, dumb, Greg. Mag. in Job, 10, 13, 23; 17, 30, 46 al.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
An Oscan loanword, from Proto-Italic *gʷrūtos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú). See also Latin gravis.
- Catalanbrut
- Italianbrutto
- Italianbruto
- Occitanbrut
- Frenchbrutfrom Old French brut
- Englishbrutfrom Old French brut
- Germanbrutfrom Old French brut
- Englishbrutefrom Old French brut
- Portuguesebrutofrom Old Galician-Portuguese bruto
- Romanianbrut