ridiculus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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

laughable, funny, amusing
silly, absurd, ridiculous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	rīdiculus	rīdicula	rīdiculum	rīdiculī	rīdiculae	rīdicula
Genitive	rīdiculī	rīdiculae	rīdiculī	rīdiculōrum	rīdiculārum	rīdiculōrum
Dative	rīdiculō	rīdiculae	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, 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)

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