derisu
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;
abl. sg. - Entry →derisus, derisus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mockery; scorn, derision;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...alia hoc quoque diuus Augustus praestiterat, quod illum derisu et labore inrito liberauerat. Non patitur auiditas quemquam esse..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ideoque anceps eius rei ratio est, quod a derisu non procul abest risus. VIII. Habet enim, ut Cicero..."
