deridiculum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.riːˈdi.ku.lum/, [d̪eːriːˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.riˈdi.ku.lum/, [d̪eriˈd̪iːkulum]

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.