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rīdĕo , si, sum, 2 (
I.dep. collat. form ridetur, Petr. 57, 3; 61, 4), v. n. and a. [Bœot. κριδδέμεν for κρίζειν γελᾶν, orig. form κριδjεμεν].
I. Neutr., to laugh (cf. cachinnor).
A. In gen.: “numquam ullo die risi adaeque Neque hoc quod reliquom est plus risuram opinor,Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 4: “risi te hodie multum,id. Stich. 1, 3, 89: “ridere convivae, cachinnare ipse Apronius,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: “M. Crassum semel ait in vitā risisse Lucilius,id. Fin. 5, 30, 92: “cum ridere voles,Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 16.—With si: ridetque (deus), si mortalis ultra Fas trepidat. Hor. C. 3, 29, 31; so id. Ep. 1, 1, 95 sq.; 1, 19, 43; id. A. P. 105: ridentem dicere verum Quid vetat, while laughing, i. e. in a laughing or jesting manner, id. S. 1, 1, 24; cf. Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 1.—With a homogeneous object: ridere γέλωτα σαρδάνιον, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1: “tempus flendi et tempus ridendi,Vulg. Eccl. 3, 4.—
B. In partic.
1. To laugh pleasantly, to smile; and ridere ad aliquem or alicui, to smile on one (so almost entirely poet.; syn. renideo): Juppiter hic risit tempestatesque serenae Riserunt omnes risu Jovis omnipotentis, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 254 (Ann. v. 445 sq. Vahl.); cf.: “vultu Fortuna sereno,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 27: “ridere ad patrem,Cat. 61, 219.—
b. Transf., of things, to laugh or smile, i. q. to look cheerful or pleasant: “sedes quietae large diffuso lumine rident,Lucr. 3, 22: “tempestas,id. 5, 1395: “argentum et pulchra Sicyonia,id. 4, 1125: “ille terrarum mihi praeter omnes Angulus ridet,Hor. C. 2, 6, 14: “argento domus,id. ib. 4, 11, 6: “florum coloribus almus ager,Ov. M. 15, 205: “pavonum ridenti lepore,Lucr. 2, 502; cf.: colocasia mixta ridenti acantho, smiling, i. e. glad, Verg. E. 4, 20. — With dat.: “tibi rident aequora ponti,smile upon thee, look brightly up to thee, Lucr. 1, 8; Cat. 64, 285. — *
2. To laugh in ridicule, to mock (cf. II. B. 2.): “quandoque potentior Largis muneribus riserit aemuli,Hor. C. 4, 1, 18.—
II. Act., to laugh at, laugh over any thing.
B. In partic.
1. To smile upon one: “quasi muti silent Neque me rident,Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 21; cf.: “cui non risere parentes,Verg. E. 4, 62.—
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.514
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.205
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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.8
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    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 2.16
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