risibilis

Latin

Etymology

From rīdeō (“I laugh”) +‎ -bilis, via the past participle rīsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /riːˈsi.bi.lis/, [riːˈs̠ɪbɪlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /riˈsi.bi.lis/, [riˈs̬iːbilis]

Adjective

rīsibilis (neuter rīsibile); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)

1. ridiculous, laughable, risible, ludicrous
2. that can laugh

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	rīsibilis	rīsibile		rīsibilēs	rīsibilia
genitive	rīsibilis			rīsibilium
dative	rīsibilī			rīsibilibus
accusative	rīsibilem	rīsibile		rīsibilēs rīsibilīs	rīsibilia
ablative	rīsibilī			rīsibilibus
vocative	rīsibilis	rīsibile		rīsibilēs	rīsibilia

Derived terms

• rīsibilitās

Descendants

• → English: risible
• → Catalan: risible
• → French: risible
• → Italian: risibile
• → Portuguese: risível
• → Romanian: risible
• → Sicilian: risìvili
• → Spanish: risible

References

• “risibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “risibilis”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
• risibilis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung