ridibundus

Latin

Etymology

rīdeō (“laugh”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /riː.diˈbun.dus/, [riːd̪ɪˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ri.diˈbun.dus/, [rid̪iˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

rīdibundus (feminine rīdibunda, neuter rīdibundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. laughing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rīdibundus	rīdibunda	rīdibundum		rīdibundī	rīdibundae	rīdibunda
Genitive	rīdibundī	rīdibundae	rīdibundī		rīdibundōrum	rīdibundārum	rīdibundōrum
Dative	rīdibundō		rīdibundō		rīdibundīs
Accusative	rīdibundum	rīdibundam	rīdibundum		rīdibundōs	rīdibundās	rīdibunda
Ablative	rīdibundō	rīdibundā	rīdibundō		rīdibundīs
Vocative	rīdibunde	rīdibunda	rīdibundum		rīdibundī	rīdibundae	rīdibunda

Related terms

• rideo

Descendants

• English: ridibund

References

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