derisor
Latin
Etymology
From dērīdeō (“to laugh at, to mock, to deride”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈriː.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈriː.s̬or]
Noun
dērīsor m (genitive dērīsōris); third declension
- mocker, scoffer
- Nōlī arguere dērīsōrem nē ōderit tē, argue sapientem et dīliget tē.
- Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dērīsor | dērīsōrēs |
| genitive | dērīsōris | dērīsōrum |
| dative | dērīsōrī | dērīsōribus |
| accusative | dērīsōrem | dērīsōrēs |
| ablative | dērīsōre | dērīsōribus |
| vocative | dērīsor | dērīsōrēs |
Derived terms
References
- “derisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “derisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- derisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.