derisor

Latin

Etymology

From dērīdeō (“to laugh at, to mock, to deride”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈriː.sor/, [d̪eːˈriːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈri.sor/, [d̪eˈriːs̬or]

Noun

dērīsor m (genitive dērīsōris); third declension

1. 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

• dērīsōrius

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.