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|lshtext=<b>rīdĕo</b>: si, [[sum]], 2 (<br /><b>I</b> dep. collat. form ridetur, Petr. 57, 3; 61, 4), v. n. and a. [Bœot. [[κριδδέμεν]] for κρίζειν γελᾶν,> orig. form κριδjεμεν].<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[laugh]] (cf. cachinnor).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[numquam]] ullo [[die]] risi [[adaeque]] Neque hoc [[quod]] reliquom est [[plus]] risuram [[opinor]], Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 4: risi te [[hodie]] [[multum]], id. Stich. 1, 3, 89: ridere convivae, cachinnare [[ipse]] [[Apronius]], Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: M. Crassum [[semel]] ait in vitā risisse [[Lucilius]], id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: cum ridere voles, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 16.—With si: ridetque ([[deus]]), si [[mortalis]] [[ultra]] Fas trepidat. Hor. C. 3, 29, 31; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 95 sq.; 1, 19, 43; id. A. P. 105: ridentem dicere [[verum]] Quid vetat, [[while]] laughing, i. e. in a laughing or jesting [[manner]], id. S. 1, 1, 24; cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 1.—With a homogeneous [[object]]: ridere γέλωτα σαρδάνιον,> Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1: [[tempus]] flendi et [[tempus]] ridendi, Vulg. Eccl. 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[laugh]] pleasantly, to [[smile]]; and ridere ad aliquem or alicui, to [[smile]] on one (so [[almost]] [[entirely]] [[poet]].; syn. [[renideo]]): [[Juppiter]] hic risit tempestatesque serenae Riserunt omnes risu Jovis omnipotentis, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 445 sq. Vahl.); cf.: vultu Fortuna [[sereno]], Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27: ridere ad patrem, Cat. 61, 219.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., of things, to [[laugh]] or [[smile]], i. q. to [[look]] [[cheerful]] or [[pleasant]]: [[sedes]] quietae [[large]] diffuso lumine rident, Lucr. 3, 22: [[tempestas]], id. 5, 1395: [[argentum]] et pulchra Sicyonia, id. 4, 1125: [[ille]] terrarum mihi [[praeter]] omnes Angulus ridet, Hor. C. 2, 6, 14: argento [[domus]], id. ib. 4, 11, 6: florum coloribus [[almus]] [[ager]], Ov. M. 15, 205: pavonum ridenti lepore, Lucr. 2, 502; cf.: [[colocasia]] mixta ridenti acantho, [[smiling]], i. e. [[glad]], Verg. E. 4, 20. — With dat.: [[tibi]] rident aequora ponti, [[smile]] [[upon]] thee, [[look]] [[brightly]] up to thee, Lucr. 1, 8; Cat. 64, 285. — *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[laugh]] in [[ridicule]], to [[mock]] (cf. II. B. 2.): [[quandoque]] potentior Largis muneribus riserit aemuli, Hor. C. 4, 1, 18.—<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[laugh]] at, [[laugh]] [[over]] [[any]] [[thing]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[class]].; cf. Brix ad Plaut. Men. 478): [[rideo]] hunc, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 9; cf. id. Eun. 5, 6, 7: Acrisium ([[Juppiter]] et [[Venus]]), Hor. C. 3, 16, 7 et saep.: risi nivem atram, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 1: joca tua, id. Att. 14, 14, 1: haec ego non [[rideo]], [[quamvis]] tu rideas, [[say]] in [[jest]], id. Fam. 7, 11, 13: [[nemo]] [[illic]] vitia ridet, Tac. G. 19; cf.: perjuria amantum ([[Juppiter]]), Tib. 3, 6, 49; Ov. A. A. 1, 633; for [[which]]: perjuros amantes, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 47.—Poet., [[with]] obj.-[[clause]]: Amphitryoniaden perdere Sidonios umeris [[amictus]], Stat. Th. 10, 648. — Pass.: haec [[enim]] ridentur vel sola vel [[maxime]], quae notant et designant turpitudinem [[aliquam]] non [[turpiter]], etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236 sq.: tum [[enim]] non sal, sed [[natura]] ridetur, id. ib. 2. 69, 279; 2, 70, 281: ridetur ab omni Conventu, Hor. S. 1, 7, 22: ridear, Ov. P. 4, 12, 16: [[neque]] [[acute]] [[tantum]] ac [[venuste]], sed [[stulte]], [[iracunde]], [[timide]] dicta aut facta ridentur, Quint. 6, 3, 7: quae in mimis rideri solent, id. 6, 3, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[smile]] [[upon]] one: [[quasi]] muti [[silent]] Neque me rident, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 21; cf.: cui non risere parentes, Verg. E. 4, 62.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[laugh]] at, [[ridicule]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] (milder [[than]] deridere, to [[deride]]): ridet nostram amentiam, Cic. Quint. 17, 55: O rem, [[quam]] homines soluti ridere non desinant, id. Dom. 39, 104: ut dederis nobis [[quemadmodum]] scripseris ad me, quem [[semper]] ridere possemus, id. Fam. 2, 9, 1; cf.: curre et [[quam]] [[primum]] haec risum veni, id. Cael. 8, 14, 4: [[versus]] Enni [[gravitate]] minores ([[with]] reprehendere), Hor. S. 1, 10, 54: risimus et [[merito]] [[nuper]] poëtam, Quint. 8, 3, 19: nostram diligentiam, id. 2, 11, 1: praesaga Verba senis ([[with]] spernere), Ov. M. 3, 514: lacrimas [[manus]] impia [[nostras]], id. ib. 3, 657 al.—Pass.: Pyrrhi ridetur [[largitas]] a consule, Cic. Rep. 3, 28, 40: rideatur [[merito]], qui, etc., Quint. 11, 1, 44; cf. id. 9, 3, 101; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 106; id. A. P. 356: rideri possit eo, [[quod]], etc., id. S. 1, 3, 30: peccet ad extremum ridendus, id. Ep. 1, 1, 9; cf. Quint. 4, 1, 62; Val. Max. 8, 8, 1.
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