ridicularius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rīdĭcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [ridiculus],

I that excites laughter , laughable , droll , funny (ante- and post-class.).—Only as subst.

1 rīdĭcŭlārĭa , ĭum, n., jests , drolleries : ridicularia fundere, Cato ap. Macr. S. 2, 10; cf. Plaut. As. 2, 2, 64; id. Trin. 1, 2, 28; id. Truc. 3, 2, 16.—

2 rīdĭcŭlārĭus , ii, m., a droll , a jester , Gell. 4, 20, 3.