ludicrum

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “possibly from or at least analysable Latin ludō + -crum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.di.krum/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪ɪkrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.di.krum/, [ˈluːd̪ikrum]

Adjective

lūdicrum

1. inflection of lūdicrus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

lūdicrum n (genitive lūdicrī); second declension

1. stage play
2. show
3. source of fun, plaything

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūdicrum	lūdicra
Genitive	lūdicrī	lūdicrōrum
Dative	lūdicrō	lūdicrīs
Accusative	lūdicrum	lūdicra
Ablative	lūdicrō	lūdicrīs
Vocative	lūdicrum	lūdicra

References

• “ludicrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ludicrum in Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti