See ridiculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "CHARINUS: Davus, but still… DAVUS: What, then? CHARINUS: I want to marry [her]. DAVUS: [That’s] absurd!\n(In its full context, Charinus wants to marry a woman who is already engaged to another man.)",
"ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 711–712",
"text": "CHARĪNUS: Dāve, attamen… DĀVUS: Quid, ergō? / CHARĪNUS: Ut dūcam. DĀVUS: Rīdiculum!",
"translation": "CHARINUS: Davus, but still… DAVUS: What, then? CHARINUS: I want to marry [her]. DAVUS: [That’s] absurd!\n(In its full context, Charinus wants to marry a woman who is already engaged to another man.)",
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{
"english": "“I will sing the fate of Priam and the noble war.” [And] what most worthy [poem] will this promising [author] bring forth from such a gaping mouth? Mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.\n(That is to say, striving beyond one’s meager ability may produce disappointing results.)",
"ref": "Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epistula ad Pisones or Ars Poetica 137–139",
"roman": "Parturient montēs, nāscētur rīdiculus mūs.",
"text": "“Fortūnam Priamī cantābō et nōbile bellum.”\nQuid dignum tantō feret hic prōmissor hiātū?",
"translation": "“I will sing the fate of Priam and the noble war.” [And] what most worthy [poem] will this promising [author] bring forth from such a gaping mouth? Mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.\n(That is to say, striving beyond one’s meager ability may produce disappointing results.)",
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]
],
"qualifier": "good",
"raw_glosses": [
"(good, in the context of humor) laughable, funny, amusing, humorous"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in the context of humor"
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "CHARINUS: Davus, but still… DAVUS: What, then? CHARINUS: I want to marry [her]. DAVUS: [That’s] absurd!\n(In its full context, Charinus wants to marry a woman who is already engaged to another man.)",
"ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 711–712",
"text": "CHARĪNUS: Dāve, attamen… DĀVUS: Quid, ergō? / CHARĪNUS: Ut dūcam. DĀVUS: Rīdiculum!",
"translation": "CHARINUS: Davus, but still… DAVUS: What, then? CHARINUS: I want to marry [her]. DAVUS: [That’s] absurd!\n(In its full context, Charinus wants to marry a woman who is already engaged to another man.)",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "“I will sing the fate of Priam and the noble war.” [And] what most worthy [poem] will this promising [author] bring forth from such a gaping mouth? Mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.\n(That is to say, striving beyond one’s meager ability may produce disappointing results.)",
"ref": "Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Epistula ad Pisones or Ars Poetica 137–139",
"roman": "Parturient montēs, nāscētur rīdiculus mūs.",
"text": "“Fortūnam Priamī cantābō et nōbile bellum.”\nQuid dignum tantō feret hic prōmissor hiātū?",
"translation": "“I will sing the fate of Priam and the noble war.” [And] what most worthy [poem] will this promising [author] bring forth from such a gaping mouth? Mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.\n(That is to say, striving beyond one’s meager ability may produce disappointing results.)",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous"
],
"links": [
[
"laughable",
"laughable"
],
[
"silly",
"silly"
],
[
"absurd",
"absurd"
],
[
"ridiculous",
"ridiculous"
]
],
"qualifier": "bad",
"raw_glosses": [
"(bad, as a disparagement) laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a disparagement"
],
"tags": [
"adjective",
"declension-1",
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[riːˈdɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[riˈdiː.ku.lus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "laughable",
"word": "rīdiculārius"
}
],
"word": "ridiculus"
}
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