derisor

Latin

Etymology

From dērīdeō (“to laugh at, to mock, to deride”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈriː.sor/, [d̪eːˈriːs̠ɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈri.sor/, [d̪eˈriːs̬or]

Noun

dērīsor m (genitive dērīsōris); third declension

mocker, scoffer
Nōlī arguere dērīsōrem nē ōderit tē, argue sapientem et dīliget tē.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dērīsor	dērīsōrēs
Genitive	dērīsōris	dērīsōrum
Dative	dērīsōrī	dērīsōribus
Accusative	dērīsōrem	dērīsōrēs
Ablative	dērīsōre	dērīsōribus
Vocative	dērīsor	dērīsōrēs

Derived terms

dērīsōrius

References

“derisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“derisor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
derisor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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