arridere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arrideo, arridere, arrisi, arrisus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smile at/upon; please, be pleasing/satisfactory (to); be/seem familiar (to);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quidem irritatam voluit quisquam imitarier, saltem, si non arriderent, dentes ut restringerent. abeo ab illis, postquam video..." - T
Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...satis constaret. non adloqui amicos, uix notis familiariter arridere, munificentia inaequali sese aliosque ludificari; quibus honoratis magnoque aestimantibus..."