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rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.

In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).

Adj.:

quamvis ridiculus est,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.:

quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 58:

si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam,

id. ib. 1, 3, 17:

cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2:

homines,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153:

mus,

a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139:

inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est,

Plaut. As. prol. 14:

ridicula et jocosa res,

Cat. 56, 1 and 4:

dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus... nemo ridet,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so,

dictum,

Quint. 6, 3, 6:

logos ridiculos vendo,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

vultus gestusque,

Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.:

hui, tam cito? ridiculum!

how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

(Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—

rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon:

Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; [p. 1595] 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—

rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis peri geloiou inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and:

de risu,

Quint. 6, 3):

in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 26, 87:

per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe),

id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

ridiculi causā (with joco),

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36:

mihi solae ridiculo fuit,

I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3:

quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2:

saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc.,

id. 6, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.

rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

ludibria,

Lucr. 2, 47:

qui ridiculus minus illo (es)?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf.

(with stulta),

id. 2, 10, 6:

poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

pudor,

Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus,

Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so,

putare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59:

de confessis praecipere,

Quint. 5, 13, 7.— Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.

(Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously:

rogitas,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46:

non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

insanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.

In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).

Adj.:

quamvis ridiculus est,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 43; cf.:

quando adbibero, alludiabo, tum sum ridiculissimus,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 58:

si ridiculum hominem quaeret quispiam,

id. ib. 1, 3, 17:

cavillator facie magis quam facetiis ridiculus,

Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2:

homines,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121; id. de Or. 2, 54, 221; Juv. 3, 153:

mus,

a funny little mouse, Hor. A. P. 139:

inest lepos ludusque in hac comoediā: ridicula res est,

Plaut. As. prol. 14:

ridicula et jocosa res,

Cat. 56, 1 and 4:

dico unum ridiculum dictum de dictis melioribus... nemo ridet,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 22; so,

dictum,

Quint. 6, 3, 6:

logos ridiculos vendo,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 68:

vultus gestusque,

Quint. 6, 3, 26 et saep.: ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 112; so Quint. 6, 3, 94.— Absol.:

hui, tam cito? ridiculum!

how comical! Ter. And. 3, 1, 16; so id. ib. 4, 2, 29; id. Eun. 3, 1, 62; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 8.— Poet. with inf.:

(Porcius) Ridiculus totas simul obsorbere placentas,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 24.—

rīdĭcŭ-lus, i, m., a jester, buffoon:

Gelasimo nomen mihi indidit parvo pater. Quia inde jam a pauxillo puero ridiculus fui, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 21 sq.; so id. ib. 17 and 64; [p. 1595] 4, 2, 54; id. Capt. 3, 1, 10; 17; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 13; Vulg. Hab. 1, 10.—

rīdĭcŭlum, i, or plur.: rīdĭcŭla, ōrum, n., something laughable, a laughing matter; a jest, joke, etc.: proprium materiae, de quā nunc loquimur, est ridiculum, ideoque haec tota disputatio a Graecis peri geloiou inscribitur, Quint. 6, 3, 22; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq. (v. the whole chapter on laughter, when and how it should be excited, etc., Cic. l. l.; and:

de risu,

Quint. 6, 3):

in jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo genera plura sunt... illud admonemus, ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.,

Cic. Or. 26, 87:

per ridiculum dicere (opp. severe),

id. Off. 1, 37, 134:

ridiculi causā (with joco),

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 36:

mihi solae ridiculo fuit,

I had the joke all to myself, Ter. Eun. 5, 6, 3:

quatenus sint ridicula tractanda oratori, perquam diligenter videndum est... materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 237 sq.; Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 2:

saepe etiam sententiose ridicula dicuntur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:

facetum non tantum circa ridicula consistere,

Quint. 6, 3, 19:

ridicula aut facimus aut dicimus, etc.,

id. 6, 3, 25.—

In a bad sense, laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.

rideo, II. B. 2.): hujus insania, quae ridiaula est aliis, mihi tum molesta sane fuit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

ludibria,

Lucr. 2, 47:

qui ridiculus minus illo (es)?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 311:

stulta reprehendere facillimum est, nam per se sunt ridicula,

Quint. 6, 3, 71; cf.

(with stulta),

id. 2, 10, 6:

poëma (shortly before: inculti versus et male nati),

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238:

pudor,

Juv. 11, 55.— Ridiculum est, with subject-clause:

est ridiculum, ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, quaerere, quae habere non possumus,

Cic. Arch. 4, 8; so,

putare,

id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 59:

de confessis praecipere,

Quint. 5, 13, 7.— Adv.: rīdĭ-cŭlē.

(Acc. to I.) Laughably, jokingly, humorously:

rogitas,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 60; Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 46:

non modo acute, sed etiam ridicule ac facete,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243; 2, 71, 289; id. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Domit. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 105:

ridicule magis hoc dictum quam vere,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 5.—

(Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

insanus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; id. Rosc. Com. 6, 19.

that is no laughing matter

I shouldn't make light of that, that's no small/laughing matter

〈 ook〉 no laughing matter

this is no laughing matter

1 [klein] small ⇒ little

2 [onbeduidend] petty ⇒ slight, minor, 〈 formeel〉 scant

♦voorbeelden:

1   een gering aantal • a small number

     (zeer) geringe kans • a (very) slim/slender/remote chance

     in geringe mate • to a limited/small extent/degree

     niet het geringste bewijs • not a scrap of evidence

2   een gering bedrag • a petty/trifling sum

     een geringe dunk van iets/iemand hebben • have a low opinion of something/someone

     daar zou ik niet al te gering over denken • I shouldn't make light of that, that's no small/laughing matter

     da's niet gering • that's quite something

     bij/om het minste of geringste • at the slightest provocation, at the slightest excuse

     het (minste of) geringste bracht haar al van haar stuk • the slightest thing upset her

1  (little) joke

♦voorbeelden:

1   het leven is geen grapje • life is no joke

     maak er maar een grapje van • 〈 letterlijk〉 just treat it as a joke; 〈 terechtwijzing〉 this is no laughing matter

     ze maakte maar een grapje • she was only joking

     iets met een grapje afdoen • shrug something off with a joke, laugh something off

     kun je niet tegen een grapje? • can't you take a joke?