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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1653.rīdiculus on page 1653
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rīdiculus laughable
rīdiculus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means laughable.
Definitions for rīdiculus
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
laughable, ridiculous
English derivatives:
ridicule
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Capable of arousing laughter, funny, comic, amusing. (b) (of persons); (masc. as sb.) a jester, buffoon. (c) (neut. as sb.) a piece of humour, a joke; per ~um, jokingly, in fun.
- 2
(in bad sense) Absurd. silly, ridiculous. (b) (neut. as interj.) the idea, question, etc.. is absurd!
Sentences with rīdiculus
Latin to English
Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.Compare Mountains will be in labor, the birth will be a single laughable mouse.
Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, quam quod ridiculos homines facit.Compare What is hardest to bear in dire poverty is that it makes a man a laughingstock.
Declension table for rīdiculus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | rīdiculus | rīdiculī |
| Gen. | rīdiculī | rīdiculōrum |
| Dat. | rīdiculō | rīdiculīs |
| Acc. | rīdiculum | rīdiculōs |
| Voc. | rīdicule | rīdiculī |
| Abl. | rīdiculō | rīdiculīs |
Specs
Adjective details
Declension First/Second
Type ā- and o- stem
Terminations Unknown
Word metrics
Frequency rank Unknown
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 206.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1653.
- Word frequencies
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "rīdiculus, rīdicula, rīdiculum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ridiculus-ridicula-ridiculum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 206.rīdiculus, rīdicula, rīdiculum on page 206
