derideatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →derideo, deridere, derisi, derisus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mock/deride/laugh at/make fun of; be able to laugh, escape, get off scot free;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...negemur sapere, ut hoc totum studium derideatur tamquam operatum supervacuis. Quid si scires etiam illud quaeri, an bonum..."Liber X
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...bonus ebrius non erit'. Quemadmodum opposita interrogatione simili derideatur adtende (satis enim est unam ponere ex multis): 'dormienti..."