Stoicidae
Latin
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /stoːˈi.ki.dae̯/, [s̠t̪oːˈɪkɪd̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /stoˈi.t͡ʃi.de/, [st̪oˈiːt͡ʃid̪e]
Noun
[edit]Stōicidae m pl (genitive Stōicidārum); first declension
- pretenders in Stoicism, would-be Stoics
- C.E. c. 100–127, D. Junius Juvenalis, Satura II, lines 64–65:
- fugerunt trepidi uera ac manifesta canentem / Stoicidae; quid enim falsi Laronia?
- While Laronia was uttering these plain truths, the would-be Stoics made off in confusion; for what word of untruth had she spoken?
- C.E. c. 100–127, D. Junius Juvenalis, Satura II, lines 64–65:
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Stōicidae |
| genitive | Stōicidārum |
| dative | Stōicidīs |
| accusative | Stōicidās |
| ablative | Stōicidīs |
| vocative | Stōicidae |
Further reading
[edit]- “Stōĭcĭda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press: “Stōĭcĭda, ae, m. Stoicus, / I. a nickname of a voluptuary who gave himself out for a Stoic, Juv. 2, 65.”
- “Stōicidae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers: “Stōicidae (ārum), m / Stoicus, sons of Stoics, would-be Stoics, Iu.”
- Stōĭcĭda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1481/1: “Stōĭcĭda, æ, m., disciple des Stoïciens : Juv. 2, 65.”