Latin

Noun

lūdībrium n ‎(genitive lūdībriī); second declension

1. mockery, derision
2. wantonness
3. laughing stock

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: ludibrio
• Spanish: ludibrio

References

• ludibrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ludibrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ludibrium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the plaything of Fortune: ludibrium fortunae
    
  • to serve as some one's butt: ludibrio esse alicui
    
  • to become an object of ridicule; to be laughed at: in ludibrium verti (Tac. Ann. 12. 26)
    
  • in sport, mockery: per ludibrium