ridiculus

Definitiones

1. laughable, funny, amusing, humorous
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
2. laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculous
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“CHARĪNUS: Dāve, attamen… DĀVUS: Quid, ergō? / CHARĪNUS: Ut dūcam. DĀVUS: Rīdiculum!”

CHARINUS: Davus, but still… DAVUS: What, then? CHARINUS: I want to marry [her]. DAVUS: [That’s] absurd! (In its full context, Charinus wants to marry a woman who is already engaged to another man.)

““Fortūnam Priamī cantābō et nōbile bellum.” Quid dignum tantō feret hic prōmissor hiātū?”

“I will sing the fate of Priam and the noble war.” [And] what most worthy [poem] will this promising [author] bring forth from such a gaping mouth? Mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born. (That is to say, striving beyond one’s meager ability may produce disappointing results.)

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