LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

stimuleus

stimuleus (feminine stimulea, neuter stimuleum)
Classical[stɪˈmʊ.ɫe.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[stiˈmuː.le.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveconsisting of prickles or goads
    nisi mihī supplicium stimuleum dē datur,Unless I am given a punishment of goads/spikes against you,c. 300 BC, Titus Maccius Plautus, “II.vi”, in Miles gloriosus [Glorious soldier], line 511 (31):

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativestimuleusstimuleastimuleum
genitivestimuleīstimuleaestimuleī
dativestimuleōstimuleaestimuleō
accusativestimuleumstimuleamstimuleum
ablativestimuleōstimuleāstimuleō
vocativestimuleestimuleastimuleum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativestimuleīstimuleaestimulea
genitivestimuleōrumstimuleārumstimuleōrum
dativestimuleīsstimuleīsstimuleīs
accusativestimuleōsstimuleāsstimulea
ablativestimuleīsstimuleīsstimuleīs
vocativestimuleīstimuleaestimulea

stĭmŭlĕus, a, um, adj. stimulus,
I. consisting of prickles or goads: supplicium, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 31.

Origins

From stimulus (“a goad, prick”) from stimulō (“to stimulate”).

Quick answers

What does stimuleus mean in Latin?
stimuleus, a adjective, means “consisting of prickles or goads”.
How do you pronounce stimuleus?
In classical Latin, [stɪˈmʊ.ɫe.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [stiˈmuː.le.us].