Latin Insults: Make Nouns and Adjectives Agree

Latin Insults

It is a well-known fact that everyone sounds smarter in Latin.  Even your insults will carry greater weight if you say them in Latin.  Simply pick one adjective from column A, one from B, and add to noun of your choice in Column C.

Insults may be phrased as Tu es… (You are)

                                            Tua mater est  (Your mother is...)

Note: : Latin adjectives take the same gender as the noun they describe.  If someone is a big pig, then that person is a magnus porcus but if they are a big beast then they are a magna bestia but if they are a big turnip, then use magnum rapum.  Some animal words can be either masculine or feminine.  In that case, use the gender of the person being insulted to determine the gender of the noun and make the adjective match accordingly.

Column A(adjectives)           Column B (adjectives)                     Column C (nouns)

Magnus, a, um (large)            curvatus, a, um(crooked)                   porcus (pig)

Indoctus, a, um (ignorant)      inurbanus, a, um (uncool)                  saxum (rock)

Hirsutus, a, um (hairy)            olidus, a, um (smelly)                         matella (chamber pot)

Timidus, a, um(cowardly)       stultus, a, um (stupid)                         bestia (beast)

Foedus, a, um (ugly)              ineptus, a, um (clumsy)                      rusticus (peasant)

Tardus, a, um (slow)               calvus, a, um (bald)                            saccus stercoris (sack of manure)   Mucosus, a, um (slimy)               insanus, a, um (crazy)                        piscis (M fish)

Ignavus, a, um (lazy)              sordidus, a, um (dirty)                        asinus (donkey)

Vanus, a, um (vain)                antiquus, a, um (old)                          cumulus sordum (M pile of dirt)

Molestus, a, um (annoying)    purpureus, a, um (purple)                   simius (ape)

Caecus (blind)                        surdus, a, um (deaf)                           caper (M goat)

Barbarus, a, um (weird)          nudus, a, um (naked)                         bos (M/F)(ox)

Avarus, a, um (greedy)           putridus, a, um (rotten)                       canis (M/F dog)

Aeger,ra, um (sick)                 languidus, a, um (apathetic)               saga (witch)

Fractus, a, um (broken)          vacuus, a,um (empty)                         verruca (wart)

Improbus, a, um (dishonest)   fatuus, a,um (foolish)                          glaeba (lump)

Ebrius, a, um (drunken)          sonivus, a,um (noisy)                         culex (M gnat)

                                                                                                          simulator (M hypocrite)

                                                                                                          rapum (turnip)

                                                                                                          senex (M crony)

                                                                                                          infans(M/F baby)