risor

Latin

Etymology

From rīdeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.sor/, [ˈriːs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.sor/, [ˈriːs̬or]

Noun

rīsor m (genitive rīsōris); third declension

1. A laugher, mocker, banterer.

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rīsor	rīsōrēs
Genitive	rīsōris	rīsōrum
Dative	rīsōrī	rīsōribus
Accusative	rīsōrem	rīsōrēs
Ablative	rīsōre	rīsōribus
Vocative	rīsor	rīsōrēs

Derived terms

• rīsōrius (adjective)

References

• “risor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press