derisorius

Latin

Etymology

From Latin dērīdeō ("to laugh at, to mock, to deride").

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /de.riˈso.ri.us/, [d̪ɛrɪˈs̠ɔriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.riˈso.ri.us/, [d̪eriˈs̬ɔːrius]

Adjective

dērīsōrius (feminine dērīsōria, neuter dērīsōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. serving for laughter, ridiculous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dērīsōrius	dērīsōria	dērīsōrium		dērīsōriī	dērīsōriae	dērīsōria
Genitive	dērīsōriī	dērīsōriae	dērīsōriī		dērīsōriōrum	dērīsōriārum	dērīsōriōrum
Dative	dērīsōriō		dērīsōriō		dērīsōriīs
Accusative	dērīsōrium	dērīsōriam	dērīsōrium		dērīsōriōs	dērīsōriās	dērīsōria
Ablative	dērīsōriō	dērīsōriā	dērīsōriō		dērīsōriīs
Vocative	dērīsōrie	dērīsōria	dērīsōrium		dērīsōriī	dērīsōriae	dērīsōria

Descendants

• English: derisory
• French: dérisoire
• Italian: derisorio

References

• “derisorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• derisorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.