ludicrus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.di.krus/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪ɪkrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.di.krus/, [ˈluːd̪ikrus]

Adjective

lūdicrus (feminine lūdicra, neuter lūdicrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of lūdicer
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ludicrus.

Usage notes

• The masculine nominative singular is not attested until New Latin. See usage notes about lūdicer.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūdicer lūdicrus	lūdicra	lūdicrum		lūdicrī	lūdicrae	lūdicra
Genitive	lūdicrī	lūdicrae	lūdicrī		lūdicrōrum	lūdicrārum	lūdicrōrum
Dative	lūdicrō		lūdicrō		lūdicrīs
Accusative	lūdicrum	lūdicram	lūdicrum		lūdicrōs	lūdicrās	lūdicra
Ablative	lūdicrō	lūdicrā	lūdicrō		lūdicrīs
Vocative	lūdicre	lūdicra	lūdicrum		lūdicrī	lūdicrae	lūdicra

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^[1], 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.