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  • 1 risus

    rīsus, ūs, m. [id.], a laughing, laughter, laugh (equally freq. in sing. and plur.):

    risum movere... quid sit risus,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq.; cf.

    the whole chapter, De risu,

    Quint. 6, 3:

    alicui risum magis quam stomachum movere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7; cf.:

    risum judicis movere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 1:

    risus populi factus est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; cf.: risus facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1:

    miros risus nos edere,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2;

    for which: ne spissae risum tollant coronae,

    Hor. A. P. 381:

    risus captare,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; so,

    risum captare,

    Quint. 6, 3, 26; 8, 3, 48:

    mediocris quidam est risus consecutus non in te, sed, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2:

    in eam tabulam magni risus consequebantur,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

    togam sum ejus magno hominum risu cavillatus,

    id. ib. 2, 10 (12), 2:

    risu cognoscere matrem,

    Verg. E. 4, 60:

    amara lento Temperet risu,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 26:

    proditor Gratus puellae risus,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 21; id. S. 1, 4, 34:

    risui sorori fuit,

    Liv. 6, 34; Just. 1, 4, 12; 44, 2, 4:

    nimis aegre risum continui,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

    nequeo risu me admoderarier,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 81:

    risu emoriri,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 42: risu clandestino rumpier, Afran. ap. Non. 503, 14:

    unde oriebantur risus dulcesque cachinni,

    Lucr. 5, 1403:

    paene ille timore, ego risu corrui,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2.—
    II.
    Transf., an object of laughter:

    deus omnibus risus erat,

    Ov. F. 1, 438.—
    2.
    A jest, a practical joke, mockery:

    qui per jocum deos inridens, jussit, etc.... qui risus populo cladem attulit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7.—
    3.
    Personified, as a deity, App. M. 3, p. 134, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > risus

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