The corpus record — Latin

derisus

Part., from derideo

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Where it lives

De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k

What it meant

1. dērīsus — Lewis & Short

dērīsus, a, um,

Part., from derideo.

2. dērīsus — Lewis & Short

dērīsus, ūs, m.derideo,

I mockery, scorn, derision (perh. not ante-Aug.): facile ad derisum stulta levitas ducitur, Phaedr. 5, 7, 3; Sen. Contr. 4 prooem.; Quint. 6, 3, 7; Tac. Agr. 39; esp.: in derisum facere, to mock, put to scorn, Vulg. Jer. 20, 7 sq.; id. Thren. 3, 14; cf.: in derisum habere, dare, id. Sap. 5, 3; 12, 25.

In the wild

derisui Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae 1.11.2
derisui Tacitus, De Vita Iulii Agricolae 39.2

Where it came from

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