derisio

Latin

Etymology

From dērīdeō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈriː.si.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈriː.s̬i.o]

Noun

dērīsiō f (genitive dērīsiōnis); third declension

a laughing to scorn, mockery, derision

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dērīsiō	dērīsiōnēs
genitive	dērīsiōnis	dērīsiōnum
dative	dērīsiōnī	dērīsiōnibus
accusative	dērīsiōnem	dērīsiōnēs
ablative	dērīsiōne	dērīsiōnibus
vocative	dērīsiō	dērīsiōnēs

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: dilegione, ⇒ dileggiare
Borrowings:
- → English: derision
- → French: dérision
- → Italian: derisione

References

“derisio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“derisio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.