laughing-stock Copy link • laughing-stock: lūdĭbrium: to become a general l., in ora hominum pro l. abire, Liv. 2, 36 (Hor. has, l. debere, Od. 1, 14, 16, Gr. γελῶτα ὀφλεῖν poeticé): cf. Liv. 1, 56, ad fin., where Brutus is called, ludibrium verius quam comes Suet. Phr.: to be made a l. of, irrisui esse, Caes. B. C. 2, 15: Apul.: sometimes ridiculum esse or fieri, may serve: cf. Juv. 3, 153.
LAUGHING-STOCK Copy link • LAUGHING-STOCKludibrium: to be a laughing-stock, esse ludibrio, or irrisui: to make a laughing-stock of, ludibrio aliquem habere.