blennus

blennus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós)bor.
Latin blennus

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós, “drivelling”).

    Noun

    blennus m (genitive blennī); second declension

    1. (derogatory) blockhead, dolt, simpleton
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative blennus blennī
    genitive blennī blennōrum
    dative blennō blennīs
    accusative blennum blennōs
    ablative blennō blennīs
    vocative blenne blennī

    Adjective

    blennus (feminine blenna, neuter blennum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (derogatory) stupid, dumb, idiotic
      Synonyms: fatuus, stupidus, stultus, īnsipiēns, brūtus, āmēns, dēmēns, stolidus, mōrus; see also Thesaurus:homo stultus

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative blennus blenna blennum blennī blennae blenna
    genitive blennī blennae blennī blennōrum blennārum blennōrum
    dative blennō blennae blennō blennīs
    accusative blennum blennam blennum blennōs blennās blenna
    ablative blennō blennā blennō blennīs
    vocative blenne blenna blennum blennī blennae blenna

    References

    • “blennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “blennus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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