deridiculi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deridiculus, deridicula, deridiculum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
very/utterly laughable; ridiculous, absurd, ludicrous;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →deridiculum, deridiculi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
laughing-stock; absurdity, ridiculous thing; ridiculousness; ridicule (L+S);
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aspicio, gaudeo. ALC. Obsecro ecastor, quid tu me deridiculi gratia sic salutas atque appellas, quasi dudum non videris..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...librum accepissent, non hi magis in legendo deridiculi fuissent; ita et sententias intercidebat et verba corrupte pronuntiabat..."
