deridiculus

deridiculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Latin rīdeō
Latin -icus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin rīdiculus
Latin dērīdiculus

    From dē- + rīdiculus (“laughable, silly”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    dērīdiculus (feminine dērīdicula, neuter dērīdiculum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. very laughable, ridiculous

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative dērīdiculus dērīdicula dērīdiculum dērīdiculī dērīdiculae dērīdicula
    genitive dērīdiculī dērīdiculae dērīdiculī dērīdiculōrum dērīdiculārum dērīdiculōrum
    dative dērīdiculō dērīdiculae dērīdiculō dērīdiculīs
    accusative dērīdiculum dērīdiculam dērīdiculum dērīdiculōs dērīdiculās dērīdicula
    ablative dērīdiculō dērīdiculā dērīdiculō dērīdiculīs
    vocative dērīdicule dērīdicula dērīdiculum dērīdiculī dērīdiculae dērīdicula

    References

    • “deridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “deridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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