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deridiculo

Dictionary entries

  • deridiculus, deridicula, deridiculum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = very/utterly laughable; ridiculous, absurd, ludicrous;

    Entry →
    abl. sg. (m.)
    abl. sg. (n.)
    dat. sg. (m.)
    dat. sg. (n.)
  • deridiculum, deridiculi:

    Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = laughing-stock; absurdity, ridiculous thing; ridiculousness; ridicule (L+S);

    Entry →
    abl. sg.
    dat. sg.

Examples

  • P

    Heauton Timorumenos

    Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)

    "...vivat meminerit semper mei; qui sibi me pro deridiculo ac delectamento putat. non, ita me di ament, auderet..."
  • A

    Liber XII

    Aulus Gellius

    "...uicesimo secundo epistularum moralium, quas ad Lucilium conposuit, deridiculos uersus Q. Ennium de Cetego antiquo uiro fecisse..."
  • P

    Liber XII

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...Erat Cappadociae procurator Iulius Paelignus, ignavia animi et deridiculo corporis iuxta despiciendus, sed Claudio perquam familiaris, cum privatus..."
  • P

    Liber III

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...senatus consulta aureis litteris figenda in curia censuisset deridiculo fuit senex foedissimae adulationis tantum infamia usurus. Inter quae..."

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