Ludibrium, ludibrij. Virgil. A mocke: any thing to be mocked: a vaine and trifling thing to be langhed at.Fœdissima ludibria. Quint. Obnoxius ludibrijs, Vide OBNOXIVS.Proculcare. ac ludibrio sibi habere aliquid. Lucr. Haberi ludibrio. Ter. To be mocked or laughed to scorne.Ludibrio esse alicui.Cic.To be a mocking stocke to one.Ludibria religionum sunt hæc.Liu.These things be mocketies of religion and diuine worshipping.Vertere in ludibria.Tacit.To turne to a mocke or scoffe.Ludibrio læsum iri. Metellus ad Ciceronem. To be mocked or scorned.
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lūdībrĭum, ii, n. [ludus and, perh., fero], a mockery, derision, wantonness.I.Lit.: quodsi ridicula haec ludibriaque esse videmus, Lucr. 2, 47: ne per ludibrium interiret regnum,
by wantonness
, Liv. 24, 4, 2. —(b). With gen. subj.: ille (Bias) haec ludibria fortunae ne sua quidem putavit, i. e.
worldly goods
, Cic. Par. 1, 1, 8: hoc quoque ludibrium casus ediderit fortuna, ut, etc., Liv. 30, 30: inter magna rerum verborumque ludibria, Suet. Vit. 17: ludibria naturae, id. Aug. 83.—(g). With gen. obj.: ludibrium oculorum specie terribile ad frustrandum hostem commentus, Liv. 22, 16; cf. id. 24, 44: sive ludibrium oculorum sive vera species, Curt. 4, 15, 26.—II.Transf.A.A laughing-stock, butt, jest, sport: is (Brutus) ab Tarquiniis ductus Delphos, ludibrium verius, quam comes, Liv. 1, 56, 9: quibus mihi ludibrio fuisse videntur divitiae,
the sport of
, Sall. C. 13: in ora hominum pro ludibrio abire, Liv. 2, 36: ludibrium soceri, Luc. 7, 379: pelagi, id. 8, 710: ventis Debes ludibrium, Hor. C. 1, 14, 15: ludibrium omnium reddere aliquem, Just. 9, 6, 6: et vultus et vox ludibrio sunt hominibus, quos non permoverunt, Quint. 6, 1, 45.—B.A scoff, jest, sport: qui lubet ludibrio habere me, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 45; so, ludibrio aliquem habere, id. Cas. 3, 5, 19.—Pass.: ludibrio haberi, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 74; 4, 1, 11: hosti ludibrio esse, Cic. ad Brut. 1, 2: legati per ludibrium auditi dimissique, Liv. 24, 26: per ludibrium exprobrare,
to reproach jestingly, scoff
, Curt. 4, 10: nec dubie ludibrio esse miserias suas, id. 2, 23, 13: aliquem in ludibrium reservare, Suet. Calig. 23: adusque ludibria ebriosus,
such a drunkard as to be a standing jest
, Gell. 15, 2, 2.—(b). With gen. subj.: Varro ad ludibrium moriturus Antonii, Vell. 2, 71, 2.—(g). With gen. obj.: ad ludibrium stolidae superbiae, Liv. 45, 3; 45, 41: ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros, id. 1, 7; 9, 11; Just. 36, 1.—C.Abuse, violence done to a woman: in corporum ludibria deflere, Curt. 10, 1, 3; 4, 10, 27.