gurdusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈɡʊr.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈɡur.dus]

名詞

gurdus m (genitive gurdī); second declension (derogatory)

1. dolt, numbskull, blockhead, dullard

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

   • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 16.7.8:

     Item in Cacomnemone: Hic est (inquit) ille gurdus, quem ego me abhinc menses duos ex Africa venientem excepisse tibi narravi.

     And in (Laberius') The Forgetful Man: This is that dolt (gurdus) who, when two months ago from Africa I came, did meet me here, as I did say.

   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilianus, Institutio Oratoria 1.5.57:

     Et gurdos, quos pro stolidis accipit vulgus, ex Hispania duxisse originem audivi.

     While I have heard that gurdus, which is colloquially used in the sense of “stupid,” is derived from Spain.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Decimus Laberius to this entry?)

2. oaf, lout

語形変化

Second-declension noun.

同意語

• (dolt, jolterhead, numskull, blockhead, oaf, dullard, lout): caudex

派生語

• gurdōnicus

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “gurdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "gurdus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “gurdus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 728/1.
• “gurdus” on page 778/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)