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something laughable

  • 1 rīdiculus

        rīdiculus adj.    [rideo], exciting laughter, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious: Hui, tam cito? ridiculum! how comical! T.: facie magis quam facetiis: Ridiculum est, te istuc me admonere, T.: Ridiculus totas simul absorbere placentas, H.—As subst n., something laughable, a laughing matter, jest, joke: quae sint genera ridiculi: ridiculo sic usurum oratorem, ut, etc.: Mihi solae ridiculo fuit, I had the fun to myself, T.: materies omnis ridiculorum est in istis vitiis, quae, etc.: sententiose ridicula dicuntur.— Laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous, contemptible: insania, quae ridicula est aliis, mihi, etc.: qui ridiculus minus illo (es)? H.: mus, H.: pudor, Iu.: est ridiculum, quaerere, etc.—As subst m.: neque ridiculus esse Possum, etc., be a buffoon, T.
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    I
    ridicula, ridiculum ADJ
    laughable, funny; silly
    II
    buffoon, jester

    Latin-English dictionary > rīdiculus

  • 2 ridiculum

    rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.
    I.
    In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    a.
    (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.—
    b.
    (Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

    insanus,

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

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  • 3 ridiculus

    rīdĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. [rideo], that excites laughter.
    I.
    In a good sense, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, facetious (freq. and class.; syn.: jocularis, jocosus).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Substt.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    a.
    (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.—
    b.
    (Acc. to II.) Ridiculously:

    insanus,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ridiculus

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