deridiculus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>dērīdĭcŭlus</b>: a, um, adj. [[derideo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[very]] [[laughable]], [[ridiculous]] (not in Cic. and Caes.): is deridiculu 'st omnibus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 14: pueri, Gell. 13, 30, 9: [[versus]], id. 12, 2, 3: [[quod]] est deridiculum, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 5; so Liv. 39, 26.—And subst.: dērīdĭcŭ-lum, i, n., [[ridicule]] ([[subject]].), or ([[object]].) a [[mockery]], [[game]], an [[object]] of [[derision]]: [[quid]] tu me deridiculi [[gratia]] sic salutas? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 50; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; cf. Tac. A. 6, 2: deridiculo esse, id. ib. 3, 57: deridiculo corporis despiciendus, [[deformity]], [[absurdity]], id. ib. 12, 49: deridiculo haberi, a laughingstock, Ap. Flor. 1, no. 3, p. 341, 33.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: [[quod]] evenit [[usque]] ad deridicula quaedam, in [[some]] cases to an [[absurd]] [[extent]], Quint. 1, 8, 21.