blennus
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós).
Noun
editblennus m (genitive blennī); second declension
- (derogatory) blockhead, dolt, simpleton
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | blennus | blennī |
| Genitive | blennī | blennōrum |
| Dative | blennō | blennīs |
| Accusative | blennum | blennōs |
| Ablative | blennō | blennīs |
| Vocative | blenne | blennī |
Adjective
editblennus (feminine blenna, neuter blennum); first/second-declension adjective
- (derogatory) stupid, dumb, idiotic
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | blennus | blenna | blennum | blennī | blennae | blenna | |
| Genitive | blennī | blennae | blennī | blennōrum | blennārum | blennōrum | |
| Dative | blennō | blennō | blennīs | ||||
| Accusative | blennum | blennam | blennum | blennōs | blennās | blenna | |
| Ablative | blennō | blennā | blennō | blennīs | |||
| Vocative | blenne | blenna | blennum | blennī | blennae | blenna | |
References
edit- “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.