derisio

Latin

Etymology

From dērīdeō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈriː.si.oː/, [d̪eːˈriːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈri.si.o/, [d̪eˈriːs̬io]

Noun

dērīsiō f (genitive dērīsiōnis); third declension

1. a laughing to scorn, mockery, derision

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dērīsiō	dērīsiōnēs
Genitive	dērīsiōnis	dērīsiōnum
Dative	dērīsiōnī	dērīsiōnibus
Accusative	dērīsiōnem	dērīsiōnēs
Ablative	dērīsiōne	dērīsiōnibus
Vocative	dērīsiō	dērīsiōnēs

Descendants

• French: dérision
• English: derision
• 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.