ridiculus

Latin

Etymology

From rīdeō (“laugh; mock”) +‎ -icus (“-ish”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /riːˈdi.ku.lus/, [riːˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /riˈdi.ku.lus/, [riˈd̪iːkulus]

Adjective

rīdiculus (feminine rīdicula, neuter rīdiculum, superlative rīdiculissimus, adverb rīdiculē); first/second-declension adjective

1. laughable, funny, amusing
2. silly, absurd, ridiculous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rīdiculus	rīdicula	rīdiculum		rīdiculī	rīdiculae	rīdicula
Genitive	rīdiculī	rīdiculae	rīdiculī		rīdiculōrum	rīdiculārum	rīdiculōrum
Dative	rīdiculō		rīdiculō		rīdiculīs
Accusative	rīdiculum	rīdiculam	rīdiculum		rīdiculōs	rīdiculās	rīdicula
Ablative	rīdiculō	rīdiculā	rīdiculō		rīdiculīs
Vocative	rīdicule	rīdicula	rīdiculum		rīdiculī	rīdiculae	rīdicula

Synonyms

• (laughable): rīdiculārius

Derived terms

• dērīdiculus
• perrīdiculus
• rīdiculārius
• rīdiculē
• rīdiculōsus
• rīdiculum

Related terms

• rīdeō

Descendants

• Catalan: ridícul
• → English: ridiculous, ridicule
• French: ridicule
  • → German: ridikül
• → Galician: ridículo
• Italian: ridicolo
• → Portuguese: ridículo
• Romanian: ridicol, ridicul
• Sicilian: riddìculu
• → Spanish: ridículo

References

• “ridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ridiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ridiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a joke of a thing: aliquid ad ridiculum convertere
    
  • a wit; a joker: (homo) ridiculus (Plaut. Stich. 1. 3. 21)