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
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aspicio, gaudeo. ALC. Obsecro ecastor, quid tu me deridiculi gratia sic salutas atque appellas, quasi dudum non videris..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...librum accepissent, non hi magis in legendo deridiculi fuissent; ita et sententias intercidebat et verba corrupte pronuntiabat..."
