ludicrus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.di.krus/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪ɪkrʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.di.krus/, [ˈluːd̪ikrus]
Adjective
lūdicrus (feminine lūdicra, neuter lūdicrum); first/second-declension adjective
- 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the dramatic art: ars ludicra (De Or. 2. 20. 84)
- the dramatic art: ars ludicra (De Or. 2. 20. 84)
- ludicrous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911