ridiculum
From LSJ
λύπης ἰατρός ἐστιν ἀνθρώποις λόγος → for men reason cures grief, for men reason is a healer of grief, a physician for grief is to people a word, pain's healer is a word to man, logos is a healer of man's anguish, talking through one's grief is therapeutic
Latin > English
ridiculum ridiculi N N :: joke, piece of humor
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rīdĭcŭlum,¹⁴ ī, n. (ridiculus), ce qui fait rire, mot plaisant, plaisanterie, bouffonnerie : Cic. Or. 87 ; 88 ; per ridiculum Cic. Off. 1, 134, en plaisantant ; pl., Cic. de Or. 2, 237 ; 286.
Latin > Chinese
ridiculum, i. n. :: 笑言。譏誚。Esse vel habere in ridiculo 人以爲不足間。Ridiculo esse 爲人所笑者。Per ridiculum vel ridiculi gratia 譏笑。
