cachinno
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cachinno, cachinnare, cachinnavi, cachinnatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
laugh aloud or boisterously, guffaw; laugh loudly at;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →cachinnus, cachinni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
loud/excessive/boisterous/derisive laugh, guffaw; jeer; (applied to waves);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →cachinno, cachinnonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
loud laughter; guffawing; jeering; one who laughs (violently) (L+S), derider;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...lautus habetur, si Rutilus, demens. quid enim maiore cachinno excipitur uolgi quam pauper Apicius? omnis conuictus, thermae, stationes..." - D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...molli Demetrius Haemo: natio comoeda est. rides, maiore cachinno concutitur; flet, si lacrimas conspexit amici, nec dolet; igniculum..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...malleo cultrarium mactavit. Lautiore convivio effusus subito in cachinnos consulibus, qui iuxta cubabant, quidnam rideret blande quaerentibus: "Quid..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...ridiculam, Cato, et iocosam, dignamque auribus et tuo cachinno! ride quidquid amas, Cato, Catullum: res est ridicula..." - P
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...quid femineumque sonent. Est, quae perverso distorqueat ora cachinno: Risu concussa est altera, flere putes. Illa sonat raucum..."
