English → Latin
“stupid” in Latin
stolidusstupid, foolishstultusfoolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-consideredineptusunsuitable; impertinent, improper, tasteless; senseless, sillyfatuusfoolish, silly, simple, stupid; insipid, tasteless; awkward, clumsy, unwieldydēsipiōto be foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around; to rave, be deliriousīnsipiēnsfoolish, unwise, without intelligence, senseless; or used as a substantive adjective: a fool, etc.incōnsultusrash, ill-advised; unconsultedimprūdēnsignorant of; unaware; inadvertent, imprudentāmēnsfrenzied, mad; frantic, distracted; insane, dementeddēmōto remove, take away, or subtract; to withhold, take away, subtract from
The English word stupid itself goes back to Latin stupeō, through stupidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stupid
stolidus: stultus (stolidus, of one who is defective in judgement; stultus, silly, inconsiderate; both also of things): ineptus (imprudent, inconsistent; of persons or things): fatuus (silly; only of persons): desipiens: insipiens (mad): inconsultus: imprudens (inconsiderate, imprudent): amens: demens (without understanding): vecors: socors (senseless): bardus: tardus (sloio in intellect): stupidus (dull). (The words are found in this connection and order.) stupidus et tardus; hebes (ad intelligendum, dull, heavy): hebetatus: retusus: obtusus: brutus (like a brute animal, without reason: ingenium retusum; opposed to acutum, Cic., Div., 1, 36): Stupid as a post, stipes: truncus: stupid as a beast, aeque hebes ac pecus (Cic., De Div., 1, 22, extr. from a poet): he made his pupils half as stupid again as he found them, discipulos dimidio reddidit stultiores quam acceperat.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stupid?
- The usual Latin words for “stupid” are stolidus, stultus, ineptus; also fatuus, dēsipiō, īnsipiēns. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.