risus

rīsus, ūs, m. [id.], a laughing, laughter, laugh (equally freq. in sing. and plur.):

risum movere... quid sit risus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235 sq.; cf.

the whole chapter, De risu,

Quint. 6, 3:

alicui risum magis quam stomachum movere,

Cic. Att. 6, 3, 7; cf.:

risum judicis movere,

Quint. 6, 3, 1:

risus populi factus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27; cf.: risus facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1:

miros risus nos edere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2;

for which: ne spissae risum tollant coronae,

Hor. A. P. 381:

risus captare,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; so,

risum captare,

Quint. 6, 3, 26; 8, 3, 48:

mediocris quidam est risus consecutus non in te, sed, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 2:

in eam tabulam magni risus consequebantur,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

togam sum ejus magno hominum risu cavillatus,

id. ib. 2, 10 (12), 2:

risu cognoscere matrem,

Verg. E. 4, 60:

amara lento Temperet risu,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 26:

proditor Gratus puellae risus,

id. ib. 1, 9, 21; id. S. 1, 4, 34:

risui sorori fuit,

Liv. 6, 34; Just. 1, 4, 12; 44, 2, 4:

nimis aegre risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

nequeo risu me admoderarier,

id. Mil. 4, 2, 81:

risu emoriri,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 42: risu clandestino rumpier, Afran. ap. Non. 503, 14:

unde oriebantur risus dulcesque cachinni,

Lucr. 5, 1403:

paene ille timore, ego risu corrui,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 2.—

II.

Transf., an object of laughter:

deus omnibus risus erat,

Ov. F. 1, 438.—

2.

A jest, a practical joke, mockery:

qui per jocum deos inridens, jussit, etc.... qui risus populo cladem attulit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7.—

3.

Personified, as a deity, App. M. 3, p. 134, 12.