deridiculum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from the neuter of dērīdiculus (“very laughable, ridiculous”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dērīdiculum n (genitive dērīdiculī); second declension

  1. ridicule
  2. a mockery, an object of derision

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dērīdiculum dērīdicula
genitive dērīdiculī dērīdiculōrum
dative dērīdiculō dērīdiculīs
accusative dērīdiculum dērīdicula
ablative dērīdiculō dērīdiculīs
vocative dērīdiculum dērīdicula

Adjective

dērīdiculum

  1. inflection of dērīdiculus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • “deridiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “deridiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • deridiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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