brutus

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Latin

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Etymology

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An Oscan loanword, from Proto-Italic *gʷrūtos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), Persian گران (gerân) and Sanskrit गुरु (gurú). See also Latin gravis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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brūtus (feminine brūta, neuter brūtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. heavy, unwieldy
  2. dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable, irrational
    Synonyms: fatuus, stupidus, stultus, īnsipiēns, āmēns, dēmēns
    Antonyms: callidus, prūdēns, sapiēns, sollers

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brūtus brūta brūtum brūtī brūtae brūta
Genitive brūtī brūtae brūtī brūtōrum brūtārum brūtōrum
Dative brūtō brūtō brūtīs
Accusative brūtum brūtam brūtum brūtōs brūtās brūta
Ablative brūtō brūtā brūtō brūtīs
Vocative brūte brūta brūtum brūtī brūtae brūta

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 1. brūtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • brutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • brutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • 1 brūtus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:229/3
  • brutus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • brutus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • brute”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • brūtus¹” on page 243/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “brutus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 107/1