ridiculus

Latin > English

ridiculus ridicula, ridiculum ADJ :: laughable, funny; silly
ridiculus ridiculus ridiculi N M :: buffoon, jester

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rīdĭcŭlus: a, um, adj. rideo,
I that excites laughter.
I In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).
   A Adj.: quamvis ridiculus est, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.: quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus, id. Stich. 2, 2, 58: si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam, id. ib. 1, 3, 17: cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2: homines, id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153: mus, a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139: inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est, Plaut. As. prol. 14: ridicula et jocosa res, Cat. 56, 1 and 4: dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus… nemo ridet, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so, dictum, Quint. 6, 3, 6: logos ridiculos vendo, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68: vultus gestusque, Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause: ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.: hui, tam cito? ridiculum! how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.: (Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas, Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—
   B Substt.
   1    rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon: Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc., Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—
   2    rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis περὶ γελοίου inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and: de risu, Quint. 6, 3): in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt ... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc., Cic. Or. 26, 87: per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe), id. Off. 1, 37, 134: ridiculi causā (with joco), Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36: mihi solae ridiculo fuit, I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3: quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est ... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2: saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286: facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere, Quint. 6, 3, 19: ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc., id. 6, 3, 25.—
II In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf. rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148: ludibria, Lucr. 2, 47: qui ridiculus minus illo (es)? Hor. S. 2, 3, 311: stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula, Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf. (with stulta), id. 2, 10, 6: poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati), Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238: pudor, Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause: est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus, Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so, putare, id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59: de confessis praecipere, Quint. 5, 13, 7.—Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.
   a (Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously: rogitas, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46: non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105: ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere, Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—
   b (Acc. to II.) Ridiculously: insanus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rīdĭcŭlus,¹⁰ a, um (rideo),
1 [en bonne part] qui fait rire, plaisant, drôle : facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2, plus drôle par sa figure que par ses plaisanteries, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 121 ; de Or. 2, 221 || abs^t] ridiculum ! Ter. Eun. 452, plaisanterie ! tu veux rire ! cf. Ter. Ad. 676 ; Phorm. 900, etc. || [poét. av. infin.] ridiculus absorbere... Hor. S. 2, 8, 24, comique par sa manière d’avaler... || m. pris subst^t, bouffon : Pl. Capt. 469 ; 476 ; Ter. Eun. 244
2 [en mauv. part] ridicule, absurde, extravagant : hujus insania quæ ridicula est aliis Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 148, sa folie qui est risible pour les autres ; ridiculum est avec prop. inf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, il est risible, comique que...; [avec inf.] Cic. Mur. 68 ; Arch. 8, il est ridicule de.

Latin > German (Georges)

rīdiculus, a, um (rideo), Lachen erregend, lächerlich, I) im guten Sinne, spaßhaft, scherzhaft, possierlich, A) adi.: homo, Plaut.: caput, Ter.: cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus, Cic.: hinc illi homines erant, qui etiam ridiculi inveniebantur ex dolore, man fand Leute, die infolge ihres Unwillens zu Spaßmachern wurden, denen der Unwille ein Witzwort entlockte, Cic.: sed quia stomachabantur, ridiculi videbantur esse, ihre üble Laune erregte Lachen, Cic.: r. mus, Hor.: parasiti ridiculissimi, Plaut.: tum sum ridiculissimus, Plaut.: synk. Nom. Plur. ridiclei, Petron. 57, 8. – r. res, Plaut.: r. et iocosa res, Catull.: r. dictum, Plaut. u. Quint.: r. vultus gestusque, Quint. – poet ridiculus m. folg. Infin., (Porcius) ridiculus totas simul absorbere placentas, der närrische Kauz, der usw., Hor. sat. 2, 8, 24. – absol., ridiculum! lächerlich! Ter. Andr. 474 u. 712. – B) subst., a) rīdiculus, ī, m., α) der Spaßmacher, Possenreißer, der närrische Kauz, Freund von Späßen, Plaut. capt. 470 u. 477 a. Ter. eun. 244. – β) ein Verwachsener, Firm. math. 3, 2, 21 u. 8, 20, 6. – b) rīdiculum, ī, n., das Possierliche, der Spaß, Scherz, Witz, quae sint genera ridiculi, Cic.: per ridiculum dicere, Cic.: ridiculi causā, Plaut.: mihi solae ridiculo fuit, war er lächerlich, Ter. – Plur., sententiose ridicula dicere, Cic.: ridicula aut facere aut dicere, Quint. – II) im üblen Sinne, lächerlich, verlachenswert, quī ridiculus minus illo (es)? Hor.: insania, quae ridicula aliis, Cic.: poëma r., Hor. – ridiculum est m. folg. Infin., Ter. heaut. 353. Cic. Arch. 8. Quint. 6, 3, 94.

Latin > Chinese

ridiculus, a, um. adj. :: 可譏笑者。可笑者。*s. Ridiculissimus.
ridiculus, i. m. :: 弄戯笑。獻笑者