deridete
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...esse, si quod Roma legit, requirit hospes, non deridet eques, tenet senator, laudat causidicus, poeta carpit, propter..."- G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...opes? Vilis seruus habet regni bona: cellaque capti Deridet festram, Romuleamque casam. Idcirco virtus medio iacet obruta coeno..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...modo insanum, nihilo ut sapientior ille qui te deridet caudam trahat. est genus unum stultitiae nihilum metuenda timentis..."