risor
Latin
Etymology
From rīdeō (“to laugh, laugh at”) + -tor (“-er”, suffix forming agent nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈriː.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈriː.s̬or]
Noun
rīsor m (genitive rīsōris); third declension
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rīsor | rīsōrēs |
| genitive | rīsōris | rīsōrum |
| dative | rīsōrī | rīsōribus |
| accusative | rīsōrem | rīsōrēs |
| ablative | rīsōre | rīsōribus |
| vocative | rīsor | rīsōrēs |
Derived terms
- rīsōrius (adjective)
References
- “risor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press