mockery Copy link Outline 1. irrīsus, ūs; irrīsio (act of deriding or mocking at)2. lūdibrium (act of mockery, also object of it)3. lūdĭfĭcātio (playing with, making game of)4. căvillātio5. dērīsus, ūs • mockery: 1. irrīsus, ūs; irrīsio (act of deriding or mocking at): to thrust out the tongue in m., linguam ab irrisu exserere, Liv. 7, 10, med.: amidst the m. (derision) of an audience, cum irrisione audientium, Cic. Off. 1, 38, extr. 2. lūdibrium (act of mockery, also object of it): in m. of his brother, ludibrio fratris, Liv. 1, 7: in m., per ludibrium, Tac. A. 1, 10: Liv.: also ad ludibrium, Liv. 45, 3: to become an object of m., in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, id. 2, 26, med.: in sim. sense, ludibrium debere (Gr. γέλωτα ὀφλεῖν), Hor. Od. 1, 14, 16. 3. lūdĭfĭcātio (playing with, making game of): in m. of the enemy, per l. hostis, Liv. 22, 18, fin. (referring to the tactics of Fabius.) 4. căvillātio: in bitter m., acerbâ c. (hominis), Suet. Tib. 57, extr. 5. dērīsus, ūs: to be an object of m., derisui esse, Tac. Agr. 39: Quint. Also derisio: Arn.: Lact.
MOCKERY Copy link • MOCKERYs. Derision, ludibrium; ludificatio; irrisio (Cic.); derisus (Tac.); derisio (Suet.). Detiding imitation, perversa, inepta, or ridicula imitatio.