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
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..."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..."
