mock (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. illūdo, si, sum, 32. lūdĭfĭcor, 1 (to play off tricks upon, make game of)3. irrīdeo, si, sum, 2 (to ridicule, laugh to scorn)4. to be m.'d at, esse lūdibrioII. Intrans. • mock (v.): I. Trans.: 1. illūdo, si, sum, 3: usu. with dat.: to m. this unhappy man's troubles, hujus miseri il. fortunis, Cic. R. Am. 19, 54: they vie with each other in m.ing the captive, certant il. capto, Virg. Aen. 2, 64: also with in and acc.: Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 20 (ut ne impune in nos illuseris): Cic. Fig.: of that which baulks, disappoints: Virg. G. 1, 181 (tum variae illudant pestes, mock your toil). Less freq. eludo: Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123. 2. lūdĭfĭcor, 1 (to play off tricks upon, make game of): he mocks the people with a show of hesitation, plebem ficta cunctatione ludificatur, Tac. A. 1, 46: to m. openly, aperte l., Cic. R. Am. 20, 55. The act. form, ludifico, also occurs: Cic. Quint. 17, 54, latitare et ludificare, to shuffle and play tricks. 3. irrīdeo, si, sum, 2 (to ridicule, laugh to scorn): with acc.: you come on purpose to m. your master, venis ultro irrisum dominum, Pl. Am. 2, 1, 43: to m. the gods in jest, per jocum deos ir., Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7. So derideo, 2: v. to deride. 4. to be m.'d at, esse lūdibrio: Liv. 2, 23, med.: v. mockery. See also to disappoint, delude. II. Intrans.: to jest mockingly: lūdo, 3: Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 2: v. to jest.