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stŏlĭdus , a, um, adj. root star-; Gr. στερεός, firm; cf. stultus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 155 sq..
I. Unmovable; and hence, slow, coarse, uncultivated, rude (class.; cf.: fatuus, insipiens, stupidus, stultus, insulsus).—
B. Lit.: stolidum genus Aeacidarum Bellipotentes sunt magi' quam sapientipotentes, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 187 Vahl.): “nam vi depugnare sues stolidi soliti sunt,id. ib. 2, 56, 116 (Ann. v. 109 id.).—
II. Dull, senseless, slow of mind, obtuse, stupid, stolid: “ stolido,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123: “stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2: “quid, stolide, clamas?id. Aul. 3, 2, 1; id. Ep. 3, 3, 40; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 19: “vix tandem sensi stolidus,Ter. And. 3, 1, 12: indocti stolidique, * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 184: Lentulus perincertum stolidior an vanior, Sall. ap. Gell. 18, 4, 4 (H. 4, 35 Dietsch): “dux ipse inter stolidissimos,Liv. 22, 28, 9: “o vatum stolidissime, falleris,Ov. M. 13, 774.—Of the Stoics, Lucr. 1, 641; 1, 1068.—
B. Transf., of things: “nihil est stultius neque stolidius,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 162; cf.: “nullum est hoc stolidius saxum,id. Mil. 4, 2, 33: “aures (Midae),Ov. M. 11, 175; cf. “barba (Jovis),Pers. 2, 28: “vires,Liv. 28, 21, 10: hujus generis causarum alia sunt quieta, nihil agentia, stolida quodammodo, i. e, inert, inoperative, * Cic. Top. 15, 59: “stolida impudensque postulatio,Liv. 21, 20: “fiducia,id. 34, 46, 8: “superbia,id. 45, 3: “audacia,Tac. H. 4, 15: “procacitas,Mart. 1, 42, 19.—Hence, adv.: stŏlĭdē , stupidly, stolidly.
I. Lit.: “id non promissum magis stolide quam stolide creditum,Liv. 25, 19; 7, 5: “laetus,id. 7, 10; 27, 17; cf. Tac. A. 1, 3; Just. 2, 3: “stolide castra subgressus,Sall. H. 4, 67 Dietsch.— Comp., Amm. 19, 5, 2.—
II. Transf., of things: “stolide tument pulmonea (mala),Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.175
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 1.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.774
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.3
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.15
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 3.2
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.6
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 5.1
    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.4
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 3.3
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.1068
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.641
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 21.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 46.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 17
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.56
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.4.4
    • Persius, Saturae, 2
    • Cicero, Topica, 15.59
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