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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
lūdicrus (feminine lūdicra, neuter lūdicrum); first/second-declension adjective
- Alternative form of lūdicer
Usage notes
- The masculine nominative singular is not attested until New Latin. See usage notes about lūdicer.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “ludicrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ludicrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the dramatic art: ars ludicra (De Or. 2. 20. 84)
- “ludicrous”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.