gurdusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡur.dus/, [ˈɡʊrd̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡur.dus/, [ˈɡurd̪us]

名詞

gurdus m (genitive gurdī); second declension

1. a dolt, jolterhead, numbskull, blockhead, dullard
   • (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Decimus Laberius to this entry?)
   • 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. 95 CE, Quintilian, 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.

2. a 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