See ridiculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin rīdeō\nLatin -icus\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nLatin -ulus\nLatin rīdiculus\nFrom rīdeō (“laugh; mock”) + -icus (“-ish”) + -ulus (diminutive).",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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[
"rīdicula",
"ridicula"
]
],
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]
},
{
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"rīdiculum",
"ridiculum"
]
],
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]
},
{
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"rīdiculissimus",
"ridiculissimus"
]
],
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]
},
{
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"rīdiculē",
"ridicule"
]
],
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"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculus",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculus",
"ridiculus#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdicula",
"links": [
[
"rīdicula",
"ridicula#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculum",
"ridiculum#Latin"
]
],
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"tags": [
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculī",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculī",
"ridiculi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculae",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculae",
"ridiculae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdicula",
"links": [
[
"rīdicula",
"ridicula#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculī",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculī",
"ridiculi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculae",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculae",
"ridiculae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculī",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculī",
"ridiculi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculōrum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculōrum",
"ridiculorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculārum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculārum",
"ridicularum#Latin"
]
],
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculōrum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculōrum",
"ridiculorum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculō",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculō",
"ridiculo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculae",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculae",
"ridiculae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculō",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculō",
"ridiculo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculīs",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculīs",
"ridiculis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculum",
"ridiculum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculam",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculam",
"ridiculam#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculum",
"ridiculum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculōs",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculōs",
"ridiculos#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculās",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculās",
"ridiculas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdicula",
"links": [
[
"rīdicula",
"ridicula#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculō",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculō",
"ridiculo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculā",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculā",
"ridicula#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculō",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculō",
"ridiculo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculīs",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculīs",
"ridiculis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdicule",
"links": [
[
"rīdicule",
"ridicule#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdicula",
"links": [
[
"rīdicula",
"ridicula#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculum",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculum",
"ridiculum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculī",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculī",
"ridiculi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdiculae",
"links": [
[
"rīdiculae",
"ridiculae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "rīdicula",
"links": [
[
"rīdicula",
"ridicula#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rīdiculus",
"adv": "rīdiculē",
"sup": "rīdiculissimus"
},
"expansion": "rīdiculus (feminine rīdicula, neuter rīdiculum, superlative rīdiculissimus, adverb rīdiculē); first/second-declension adjective",
"name": "la-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "rīdiculus"
},
"name": "la-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "rīdeō"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"laughable, funny, amusing, humorous"
],
"links": [
[
"laughable",
"laughable"
],
[
"funny",
"funny"
],
[
"amusing",
"amusing"
],
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
]
],
"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": "65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horatius, 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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