arriderent
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);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quidem irritatam voluit quisquam imitarier, saltem, si non arriderent, dentes ut restringerent. abeo ab illis, postquam video..."Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...satis constaret. non adloqui amicos, uix notis familiariter arridere, munificentia inaequali sese aliosque ludificari; quibus honoratis magnoque aestimantibus..."