derisor

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dērīsor dērīsōrēs
Genitive dērīsōris dērīsōrum
Dative dērīsōrī dērīsōribus
Accusative dērīsōrem dērīsōrēs
Ablative dērīsōre dērīsōribus
Vocative dērīsor dērīsōrēs

Derived terms

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.
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