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..."FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...opes? Vilis seruus habet regni bona: cellaque capti Deridet festram, Romuleamque casam. Idcirco virtus medio iacet obruta coeno..."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..."