risibilis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rīdeō (“I laugh”) + -bilis, via the past participle rīsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /riːˈsi.bi.lis/, [riːˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /riˈsi.bi.lis/, [riˈs̬iːbilis]
Adjective edit
rīsibilis (neuter rīsibile); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)
- ridiculous, laughable, risible, ludicrous
- that can laugh
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rīsibilis | rīsibile | rīsibilēs | rīsibilia | |
| Genitive | rīsibilis | rīsibilium | |||
| Dative | rīsibilī | rīsibilibus | |||
| Accusative | rīsibilem | rīsibile | rīsibilēs rīsibilīs |
rīsibilia | |
| Ablative | rīsibilī | rīsibilibus | |||
| Vocative | rīsibilis | rīsibile | rīsibilēs | rīsibilia | |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: risible
- → Catalan: risible
- → French: risible
- → Italian: risibile
- → Portuguese: risível
- → Romanian: risible
- → Spanish: risible
References edit
- “risibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- risibilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- risibilis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung