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|lnetxt=risus risus N M :: laughter
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>rīsus</b>: ūs, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a laughing, [[laughter]], [[laugh]] ([[equally]] freq. in sing. and plur.): risum movere ... [[quid]] [[sit]] [[risus]], Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq.; cf. the [[whole]] [[chapter]], De risu, Quint. 6, 3: alicui risum [[magis]] [[quam]] stomachum movere, Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7; cf.: risum judicis movere, Quint. 6, 3, 1: [[risus]] populi [[factus]] est, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; cf.: [[risus]] facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1: miros [[risus]] nos edere, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2; for [[which]]: ne spissae risum tollant coronae, Hor. A. P. 381: [[risus]] captare, Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; so, risum captare, Quint. 6, 3, 26; 8, 3, 48: [[mediocris]] [[quidam]] est [[risus]] consecutus non in te, sed, etc., Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2: in eam tabulam magni [[risus]] consequebantur, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: togam [[sum]] ejus magno hominum risu [[cavillatus]], id. ib. 2, 10 (12), 2: risu cognoscere matrem, Verg. E. 4, 60: amara [[lento]] Temperet risu, Hor. C. 2, 16, 26: [[proditor]] Gratus puellae [[risus]], id. ib. 1, 9, 21; id. S. 1, 4, 34: risui sorori fuit, Liv. 6, 34; Just. 1, 4, 12; 44, 2, 4: [[nimis]] [[aegre]] risum continui, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36: [[nequeo]] risu me admoderarier, id. Mil. 4, 2, 81: risu emoriri, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 42: risu [[clandestino]] rumpier, Afran. ap. Non. 503, 14: [[unde]] oriebantur [[risus]] dulcesque cachinni, Lucr. 5, 1403: [[paene]] [[ille]] timore, ego risu corrui, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., an [[object]] of [[laughter]]: [[deus]] omnibus [[risus]] erat, Ov. F. 1, 438.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[jest]], a [[practical]] [[joke]], [[mockery]]: qui per jocum deos inridens, jussit, etc.... qui [[risus]] [[populo]] cladem attulit, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personified, as a [[deity]], App. M. 3, p. 134, 12.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>rīsus</b>, a, um, part. de [[rideo]].<br />(2) <b>rīsŭs</b>,⁹ ūs, m., rire,<br /><b>1</b> movere risum alicui Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7 ; alicujus Quint. 6, 3, 1, faire rire qqn ; [[risus]] excitare Cic. Phil. 3, 21 ; facere Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1 (v. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27 ) ; captare Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, provoquer, chercher à provoquer les rires ; miros [[risus]] edere Cic. Q. 2, 8, 2, se livrer à de merveilleux accès d’hilarité ; pæne risu corruere Cic. Q. 2, 8, 2, presque mourir de rire ; [[risus]] [[consecutus]] [[est]], [[non]] in te Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2, il s’ensuivit des rires, [[non]] pas à ton adresse, cf. Cic. Q. 2, 6, 5 ; magno hominum risu [[aliquid]] cavillari Cic. Q. 2, 10, 2, plaisanter qqch. en faisant beaucoup rire le monde ; risui [[esse]] alicui Liv. 6, 34, faire rire qqn, être la risée de qqn ; risum [[tenere]] Cic. Nat. 1, 71, retenir son rire, cf. Cic. Br. 293<br /><b>2</b> objet du rire : [[deus]] omnibus [[risus]] erat Ov. F. 1, 438, le dieu était la risée de tous, cf. Hor. S. 2, 2, 107.
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{{Georges
|georg=rīsus, ūs, m. ([[rideo]]), das [[Lachen]], [[Gelächter]], I) im guten Sinne, A) eig.: hominum de te, Cic.: [[dulcis]] [[quidam]] blandientis infantis [[risus]], das [[Lächeln]], Iustin.: alqd in risum vertere, [[lächerlich]] [[machen]], Hor.: ista ad risum, ist zum [[Lachen]], Cic.: risui sorori fuit, die Schw. lachte [[über]] [[sie]], [[sie]] wurde [[von]] der Schw. ausgelacht, Liv.: risui est [[habitus]], er wurde zum [[Gelächter]] (Gespött), Capit.: [[risus]] [[consecutus]] est, [[non]] in te, [[sed]] in errorem tuum, Cic.: in [[eam]] tabulam [[magni]] [[risus]] consequebantur, Cic.: togam [[sum]] [[eius]] magno hominum risu [[cavillatus]], Cic.: miros [[risus]] edere, Cic.: risum movere, commovere, Cic.: risum concitare, Cic.: [[risus]] facere, Cael. in Cic. ep.: risum praebere, [[Lachen]] [[erregen]], Iustin.: dare [[risus]] alci, jmdm. zum G. [[dienen]], Hor.: dare [[risus]] iocosque, [[Stoff]] [[gewähren]] zu G. u. Sch., Hor.: [[risus]] captare, [[darauf]] [[ausgehen]], [[Lachen]] zu [[erregen]], Cic. u. Hor.: risu alqd excipere, [[über]] etw. [[lachen]], Quint.: risu dissilire, Sen. od. rumpi, Afran. fr., od. dirumpi, Apul., [[vor]] [[Lachen]] [[bersten]] ([[bersten]] [[wollen]]), [[vergehen]]; so [[auch]] risu contendere [[ilia]], Ov., risu [[ilia]] dissolvere, Petron.: risu corruere, Cic., [[oder]] emori, Ter., [[vor]] [[Lachen]] [[fast]] [[sterben]]: risum tollere, Hor.: risu quatere populum, [[durch]] L. dem V. das [[Zwerchfell]] [[erschüttern]], Hor.: risum [[tenere]], continere, [[sich]] [[des]] Lachens [[enthalten]], Cic.: risum [[iam]] [[diu]] compressum [[etiam]] [[indecenter]] effudit, Petron. – B) meton., v. [[Gegenstand]] [[des]] Gelächters, o [[magnus]] [[posthac]] inimicis [[risus]]! Gespött, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 2, 107: [[deus]] omnibus [[risus]] erat, wurde [[von]] allen ausgelacht, Ov. [[fast]]. 1, 438. – II) im üblen Sinne, der Spott, [[Hohn]], per iocum deos irridens... Qui [[risus]] etc., Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 7. – III) personif., [[Risus]] [[als]] [[Gottheit]] der Thessalier, Apul. [[met]]. 3, 11.
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