ludibrium

English

Noun

ludibrium (plural ludibria)

  1. (archaic, formal) A plaything or trivial game.
  2. (archaic, formal) A laughing stock.

Latin

Etymology

From ludus (“game”), related to ludo (“I mock”).

Noun

lūdībrium n (genitive lūdībriī); second declension

  1. mockery, derision
  2. wantonness
  3. laughing stock

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūdībrium lūdībria
Genitive lūdībriī lūdībriōrum
Dative lūdībriō lūdībriīs
Accusative lūdībrium lūdībria
Ablative lūdībriō lūdībriīs
Vocative lūdībrium lūdībria

Descendants

References
  • ludibrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ludibrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ludibrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the plaything of Fortune: ludibrium fortunae
    • to serve as some one's butt: ludibrio esse alicui
    • to become an object of ridicule; to be laughed at: in ludibrium verti (Tac. Ann. 12. 26)
    • in sport, mockery: per ludibrium
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