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derisor

derisor, a mocker, scoffer

dērīsor, ōris, m. [derideo],
  • a mocker, scoffer, satirical person (rare; not in Cic.): ut tu semper eris derisor, Hor. S. 2, 6, 54; id. A. P. 433; Quint. 3, 8, 51: Anubis derisor populi, Juv. 6, 534; Vulg. Prov. 9, 7 al. Applied to a (jeering) parasite, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 3 (71); Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 11; to a stage mimic, Mart. 1, 5, 5; Orell. Inscr. 4926.

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