How to Say "Dumb" in Latin - How To Say Guide

stultus

[ˈstʊɫ.tʊs]

The English word "dumb" can be translated into Latin as stultus. Wiktionary also lists stupidus and blennus.

Meaning: stupid (adj)

Ways to say it

“dumb” in Latin
Latin	IPA
stultus	[ˈstʊɫ.tʊs] (Classical Latin, narrow) [ˈstul.tus] (narrow)
stupidus	[ˈstʊ.pɪ.dʊs] (Classical Latin, narrow) [ˈstuː.pi.dus] (narrow)
blennus

The term is used as an adjective to describe someone or something that is stupid.

While stultus and stupidus both convey the meaning of being stupid, blennus is a derogatory form.

The adjective stultus must agree in gender with the noun it modifies, so use stulta for a feminine subject.

If you want to call someone extremely foolish, using blennus implies they are literally 'drivelling', a term borrowed from the Greek word for mucus.
Unlike the English word 'dumb', which can refer to a person who cannot speak, the Latin terms for stupidity do not double as words for being mute.

Stultus es.
You're dumb.
This sentence is useful for calling someone stultus.
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Nationalismus stultus est.
Nationalism is dumb.
This sentence shows how to describe an abstract concept like nationalism as stultus.
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Magister noster stultus est.
Our teacher is foolish.
Ille fatuus est.
He is silly.
Filia mea hebes est.
My daughter is dim-witted.
Hic puer stultus est.
This boy is dumb.

Gaius and Julia are discussing a bad idea.

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