Latin edit

Etymology edit

From rīdeō (laugh; mock) +‎ -icus (-ish) +‎ -ulus (diminutive).

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Adjective edit

rīdiculus (feminine rīdicula, neuter rīdiculum, superlative rīdiculissimus, adverb rīdiculē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. laughable, funny, amusing
  2. silly, absurd, ridiculous

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative rīdiculus rīdicula rīdiculum rīdiculī rīdiculae rīdicula
Genitive rīdiculī rīdiculae rīdiculī rīdiculōrum rīdiculārum rīdiculōrum
Dative rīdiculō rīdiculō rīdiculīs
Accusative rīdiculum rīdiculam rīdiculum rīdiculōs rīdiculās rīdicula
Ablative rīdiculō rīdiculā rīdiculō rīdiculīs
Vocative rīdicule rīdicula rīdiculum rīdiculī rīdiculae rīdicula

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References edit

  • ridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ridiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make a joke of a thing: aliquid ad ridiculum convertere
    • a wit; a joker: (homo) ridiculus (Plaut. Stich. 1. 3. 21)