irrideo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inrīdeō
• irrīdō

Etymology

From in- +‎ rīdeō (“laugh; ridicule”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /irˈriː.de.oː/, [ɪrˈriːd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /irˈri.de.o/, [irˈriːd̪eo]

Verb

irrīdeō (present infinitive irrīdēre, perfect active irrīsī, supine irrīsum); second conjugation

1. to laugh at, mock, make fun of, ridicule; joke, jeer
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.420:

     irrīsum voltū dēspicit illa suō

     She ridicules him, and by the look on her face she despises him.

2. to make a laughing stock or a fool of

Conjugation

Conjugation of irrīdeō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	irrīdeō	irrīdēs	irrīdet	irrīdēmus	irrīdētis	irrīdent
	imperfect	irrīdēbam	irrīdēbās	irrīdēbat	irrīdēbāmus	irrīdēbātis	irrīdēbant
	future	irrīdēbō	irrīdēbis	irrīdēbit	irrīdēbimus	irrīdēbitis	irrīdēbunt
	perfect	irrīsī	irrīsistī	irrīsit	irrīsimus	irrīsistis	irrīsērunt, irrīsēre
	pluperfect	irrīseram	irrīserās	irrīserat	irrīserāmus	irrīserātis	irrīserant
	future perfect	irrīserō	irrīseris	irrīserit	irrīserimus	irrīseritis	irrīserint
passive	present	irrīdeor	irrīdēris, irrīdēre	irrīdētur	irrīdēmur	irrīdēminī	irrīdentur
	imperfect	irrīdēbar	irrīdēbāris, irrīdēbāre	irrīdēbātur	irrīdēbāmur	irrīdēbāminī	irrīdēbantur
	future	irrīdēbor	irrīdēberis, irrīdēbere	irrīdēbitur	irrīdēbimur	irrīdēbiminī	irrīdēbuntur
	perfect	irrīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	irrīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	irrīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	irrīdeam	irrīdeās	irrīdeat	irrīdeāmus	irrīdeātis	irrīdeant
	imperfect	irrīdērem	irrīdērēs	irrīdēret	irrīdērēmus	irrīdērētis	irrīdērent
	perfect	irrīserim	irrīserīs	irrīserit	irrīserīmus	irrīserītis	irrīserint
	pluperfect	irrīsissem	irrīsissēs	irrīsisset	irrīsissēmus	irrīsissētis	irrīsissent
passive	present	irrīdear	irrīdeāris, irrīdeāre	irrīdeātur	irrīdeāmur	irrīdeāminī	irrīdeantur
	imperfect	irrīdērer	irrīdērēris, irrīdērēre	irrīdērētur	irrīdērēmur	irrīdērēminī	irrīdērentur
	perfect	irrīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	irrīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	irrīdē	—	—	irrīdēte	—
	future	—	irrīdētō	irrīdētō	—	irrīdētōte	irrīdentō
passive	present	—	irrīdēre	—	—	irrīdēminī	—
	future	—	irrīdētor	irrīdētor	—	—	irrīdentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		irrīdēre	irrīsisse	irrīsūrum esse	irrīdērī	irrīsum esse	irrīsum īrī
participles		irrīdēns	—	irrīsūrus	—	irrīsus	irrīdendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		irrīdendī	irrīdendō	irrīdendum	irrīdendō	irrīsum	irrīsū

Derived terms

• irrīdenter
• irrīdiculum
• irrīsibilis
• irrīsiō
• irrīsīvē
• irrīsor
• irrīsus

Related terms

• arrīdeō
• corrīdeō
• dērīdeō
• rīdeō
• subrīdeō / surrīdeō

Descendants

• → Italian: irridere

References

• “irrideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• irrideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem