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Latin
Noun
dērīsus m (genitive dērīsūs); fourth declension
- mockery, scorn, derision
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
References
- “derisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “derisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- derisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- derisus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016