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risus
risus
See also: rīsus
Latin
Participle
rīsus m (feminine rīsa, neuter rīsum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | rīsus | rīsa | rīsum | rīsī | rīsae | rīsa | |
| genitive | rīsī | rīsae | rīsī | rīsōrum | rīsārum | rīsōrum | |
| dative | rīsō | rīsō | rīsīs | ||||
| accusative | rīsum | rīsam | rīsum | rīsōs | rīsās | rīsa | |
| ablative | rīsō | rīsā | rīsō | rīsīs | |||
| vocative | rīse | rīsa | rīsum | rīsī | rīsae | rīsa | |
Noun
rīsus m (genitive rīsūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rīsus | rīsūs |
| genitive | rīsūs | rīsuum |
| dative | rīsuī | rīsibus |
| accusative | rīsum | rīsūs |
| ablative | rīsū | rīsibus |
| vocative | rīsus | rīsūs |
Usage notes
- Often used with "movere" (risum movere) to mean "make [someone] laugh".
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Descendants
References
- risus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- risus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- RISUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “risus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to begin to laugh: risum edere, tollere
- to raise a laugh: risum movere, concitare
- to make a person laugh: risum elicere (more strongly excutere) alicui
- to try and raise a laugh: risum captare
- to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum tenere vix posse
- to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
- to make a thing ridiculous, turn it into a joke: aliquid in risum vertere
- to begin to laugh: risum edere, tollere