derisi
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;
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →derisus, derisa -um, derisior -or -us, derisissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
absurd, laughable; scorned (L+S);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →derisus, derisus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mockery; scorn, derision;
gen. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Nunc mimicis artibus petiti sumus et adumbrata inscriptione derisi". Volebat Tryphaena misereri, quia non totam voluptatem perdiderat..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...iuventus avitis nomen testatas intulit in tabulas, impia derisi gentilis gaudia tollens, suscitat a cano volturium capiti..."
