[Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown.]: <orth>Ludo</orth>, ludis, lusi, lulum. lúdere. Haut. <p> <sense><trans lang="en">To play: to mocke, or decetue: to laugh to scorne: to iest: to make disporte: to daly: to finde pastime: to sporte: to play as one doth on instrumÊts.</trans> <I>Parcè custoditéque ludebat.</I> <bibl><author>Plin. iun.</author></bibl> <I>Exultun ludit velut equa trima.</I> Horat. <trans lang="en">He playeth leaping wantonly, &c.</trans> <I> Ludere, cum accusatino.</I> Suet. Ludit assiduè aleam. <I>Ludere ludum Teren </I><trans lang="en">To play a pranke.</trans> <I>Insolentem ludum ludere.</I> Hor. <I>Ludere operam.</I> <bibl><author>Plaut.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To leese his laboer.</trans> <I>Ludere operam in re aliqua.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To labout in daine in.</trans> <I>Ludere otium Martial.</I> <trans lang="en">To passe the time.</trans> <I>Ludere par impar.</I> Horat. <trans lang="en">To play euen and odde.</trans> <I> Ludere, cum ablatiuo.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> Ita vita est hominum, quasi quum ludas tesseris. <trans lang="en">As when one playeth at the dice.</trans> <I>Alea studiosissime lusit.</I> Suet. <trans lang="en">He was a great player at dice.</trans> <I>Ludere pila, <bibl><author>Cic.</author></bibl></I> <trans lang="en">To play at tennisse.</trans> <I>Ludere ludo.</I> <bibl><author>Plaut.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To play at a game.</trans> <I>Artes quibus alea luditur.</I> <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> <I>Luditur alea pert.</I> ox. luuenal. <I> Ludere in numerum.</I> <bibl><author>Virg.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To daunce measures.</trans> <I>In chori speciem ludere.</I> <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> Agni satiati ludunt. Lucr. <I>Pecus omne ludit campo.</I> Horat. <I>Ludit piscis in aqua.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> <I> Ludere.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To mocke: to daly, or finde pastime.</trans> <I>Cur non ludo huoc aliquantisper? <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl></I> <trans lang="en">Why doe I not mocke or finde some gaudes at this fellowe a little while<12></trans> <I>Ludere me putas, seriò peto.</I> Plinius iunior. <trans lang="en">Thou thinkest I iest, &c.</trans> <I>Ludere sanguine hominis in conuiuio.</I> <bibl><author>Liui.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To make a pastime or disport to kil one at the table.</trans> <I> Ludere.</I> <bibl><author>Virg.</author></bibl> <bibl><author>Cic.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">To deceiue.</trans> <I>Aciem oculorum ludere.</I> Sene. <trans lang="en">To deceiue the eie sight.</trans> <I>Pater luditur arte.</I> <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> <I>Ludere dolis aliquÊ.</I> Ter. <trans lang="en">By subtil meanes to deceine one.</trans> <I>Imaginibus falsis ludere aliquem.</I> Virg <trans lang="en">To deceiue with faise illusions.</trans> <I> Ludere, <bibl><author>Virg.</author></bibl></I> <trans lang="en">To write verses, epigramines, or like pleasant things.</trans> <I>Læta & iuuenilia lusi.</I> <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> <I>Musa tua lusit.</I> <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> Versu ludere. <bibl><author>Virg.</author></bibl> <I>Modis bucolicis luserat.</I> <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> Versus ludens. <bibl><author>Ouid.</author></bibl> </sense>
Ludus, ludi, m, g. Cic.Play in actes: mirth in wordes: sporte: game: pastime.Campestris ludus, vide CAMPVS.Consimilis ludus.Terent.Alike pranke.Tempestinum pueris concedere ludum. Hor. Dare alicui operam ludo. Plau. To play or pastime with one.Ducere noctem ludo.Virg.To play al night long.Gaudens ludis. Hora. Ludus genuit certamen & iram. Horat. Play bred content on and anger.Incidere ludum. Horat. To leaue off game or play. Ludus in singula. Ausconius. A schoole or place of exercise where any feate is learncd.Ludus gladiatorius. Suet. A schoole of fence.Ludus grammatices.Cic.A grammer schoole.Ludus literarum Plin.A schoole of learning.Ludus literarius, Idem. Quint. Ludus discendi, non lusionis.Cic.A playe to learne and not to play in.Ludus. & pueritiæ disciplina. Cicer.Trayning vp in studie, and such learning as is meete for children and youth.Ludum aperire.Cic.To beginne to keepe a schoole.Ludus est, illa perdiscere.Cic.It is a pastime to learne, &c. Ludus, pro ioco accipitur quandoque.Terent.Iesting t wordes: sporte.-ludum, iocúmque Dices fuisse illum alterum, præut huius rabies quæ dabit. Terentius. Thou wilt saye the other was but a sest and sport, &c.-si imparatum in veris nuptijs Adortus esset, quos mihi ludos redderet.Terent.What prankes or pageants would he haue played me:Vt ludos facit.Terent.How he is disposed to mocke, ieste, or dallie.Ludos aliquem facere. Plau. To dally and scoffe at one: to make a mocking stocke.Noui iam ludum.Plaut.I perceiue now the pageant.Operam ludos facere.Plaut.To leese his labour.Dare ludum amori. Horat. To passe the time in lone.Druso ludus est suggerendus.Cic.We must play some preaty pranke or feate with Drusus. Ludo, ablatiuus.Virg.In sporte or pastime. Ludi, in plurali.Cic.Common games, fightes, or pageantes to delight the people.Celebres ludi.Ouid. Viles ludi. Hora. Apparare ludos. Cicero. To make prouision for games or sightes. Celebrare dies festos ludorum. Cic.Committere ludos.Cic.To beginne the games or sightes.Conde corare ludos, Vide CONDECORO.Edere ludos.Tacit.To setfoorth games or sightes.Facere ludos Plin.Facere ludos Apollini. Cicero. To make games or solemne fightes to the honour of Apollo.Instituere ludos. Quint. Ludi Circenses, Running with chariots in the great compasfed place in Rome called Circus. Ludi compitalitij.Playes made in highwaies to the honour of Bacchus.Ludi Florales.Abhominable playes in Rome to the honour of their strumpetlike Goddesse Flora, in whiche common women played naked, with wanton wordes and gestures.Ludi gladiatorij.Games of swordplayers fighting wythout harnesse, and in the sight of the people indenouring eche to kill other: a spectacle of crueltie to harden the peoples hearts against killing in warre.Ludi gymnici.Erercises of running, leaping, throwing the dart, and wrastling.Ludi lupercales Games, wherein yong gentlemen naked and haning whips in their handes, rame aboute laughing and beating al that they mette.Ludi Megalenses.Playes made to the honour of the mother of the Gods.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lūdo, si, sum (inf. ludier, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16), 3, v. a. and n. [root lud- for loid-, from Sanscr. krīd, to play; cf. laus and cluere from Sanscr. root cru-], to play.I.Lit., to play, play at a game of some kind: tesseris, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21: aleā ludere, Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56: pilā et duodecim scriptis, id. de Or. 1, 50, 217; 1, 16, 73; 2, 62, 253: cum pila, id. Tusc. 5, 20, 60: trocho, Hor. C. 3, 24, 56: nucibus, Mart. 14, 1, 12: pilā, Val. Max. 8, 8, 2: positā luditur arcā,
with one's whole cash-box staked
, Juv. 1, 90: eburnis quadrigis cotidie in abaco, Suet. Ner. 22: apud quem alea lusum esse dicetur, Dig. 11, 5, 1 praef.: senatus consultum vetuit in pecuniam ludere,
to play for money
, ib. 11, 5, 2: ego nisi quom lusim nil morer ullum lucrum, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 22. —(b). With acc.: aleam, Suet. Aug. 70; id. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 30: par impar, id. Aug. 71; Hor. S. 2, 3, 248: ducatus et imperia, Suet. Ner. 35: Trojam, id. Caes. 39; id. Ner. 7: proelia latronum, Ov. A. A. 3, 357; cf. pass.: sunt aliis scriptae, quibus alea luditur, artes, id. Tr. 2, 471: alea luditur, Juv. 8, 10: aleae ludendae causa, Dig. 11, 5, 1 praef.: alea ludebatur, ib. 11, 5, 1, 2.—(g).Absol.: lusimus per omnes dies, Suet. Aug. 71; 94; cf.: ludis circensibus elephantos lusisse,
appeared in the public games
, Liv. 44, 18, 8.—In sup.: dimittere lusum, Varr. Sat. Men. 53, 7.—B.To play, sport, frisk, frolic: dum se exornat, nos volo Ludere inter nos,
have some fun
, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 20: ludere armis, Lucr. 2, 631: suppeditant et campus noster et studia venandi honesta exempla ludendi, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104: ad ludendumne, an ad pugnandum, arma sumturi, id. de Or. 2, 20, 84: in numerum,
dance
, Verg. E. 6, 28: hic juvenum series teneris immixta puellis ludit, Tib. 1, 3, 64: cumque marinae In sicco ludunt fulicae, Verg. G. 1, 363: in exiguo cymba lacu, Ov. Tr. 2, 330. —II.Trop.A.To sport, play with any thing, to practise as a pastime, amuse one's self with any thing: illa ipsa ludens conjeci in communes locos, Cic. Par. prooem.: Prima Syracosio dignata est ludere versu Nostra ... Thalia, Verg. E. 6, 1.—Esp., to play on an instrument of music, to make or compose music or song: ludere quae vellem calamo permisit agresti, Verg. E. 1, 10: talia fumosi luduntur mense Decembri, Ov. Tr. 2, 491: quod tenerae cantent, lusit tua musa, puellae, id. Am. 3, 1, 27: coloni Versibus incomptis ludunt, Verg. G. 2, 386: carmina pastorum, id. ib. 4, 565; Suet. Ner. 3: si quid vacui sub umbra Lusimus tecum, Hor. C. 1, 22, 2.—B.To sport, dally, wanton (cf. "amorous play," Milton, P. L. 9, 1045): scis solere illam aetatem tali ludo ludere, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 36: affatim edi, bibi, lusi, Liv. Andron. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. affatim, p. 11 Müll.; cf.: lusisti satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 214; Ov. A. A. 2, 389; Cat. 61, 207; Suet. Tib. 44; Mart. 11, 104, 5.—C. Ludere aliquem or aliquid, to play, mock, imitate, mimic a person or thing (only in mockery; cf.: partes agere, etc.): civem bonum ludit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1; cf.: ludere opus,
to imitate work, make believe work
, Hor. S. 2, 3, 252: magistratum fascibus purpurāque, App. M. 11, p. 260 fin.: ludere causas, Calp. Ecl. 1, 45: impia dum Phoebi Caesar mendacia ludit, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—D.To trifle with: summa pericula, Mart. 9, 38, 1: viribus imperii, Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 4.—E.To spend in play or amusement, to sport away: otium, Mart. 3, 67, 9.—Hence, ludere operam, to throw away one's labor, to labor in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 135.—F.To make sport or game of a person, to ridicule, rally, banter: Domitius in senatu lusit Appium collegam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15 a, 13: satis jocose aliquem ludere, id. ib. 2, 12, 2: omnium irrisione ludi, id. de Or. 1, 12, 50.—Rarely with ad: caput aselli, ad quod lascivi ludebant ruris alumni, Juv. 11, 98.—G.To delude, deceive: auditis, an me ludit amabilis Insania?Hor. C. 3, 4, 5; Ov. A. A. 3, 332: custodes, Tib. 1, 6, 9; 3, 4, 7.—Comp.: hoc civili bello, quam multa (haruspicum responsa) luserunt, i. e.
lūdus, i, m. [id.], a play.I.Lit.A. In gen., a play, game, diversion, pastime: ad pilam se aut ad talos, aut ad tessaras conferunt, aut etiam novum sibi aliquem excogitant in otio ludum, Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58: datur concessu omnium huic aliqui ludus aetati, id. Cael. 12, 28: campestris, id. ib. 5, 11: nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36.—B. In partic. 1. Ludi, public games, plays, spectacles, shows, exhibitions, which were given in honor of the gods, etc. (a). In gen.: hoc praetore ludos Apollini faciente, Cic. Brut. 20, 78: ludos committere, id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6: ludos magnificentissimos apparare, id. ib. 3, 8, 6: ludos apparatissimos magnificentissimosque facere, id. Sest. 54, 116: ludos aspicere, Ov. F. 6, 238: ludos persolvere alicui deo, id. ib. 5, 330: ludis, during the games, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 63, 18; Plaut. Cas. prol. 27: circus maximus ne diebus quidem ludorum Circensium ... irrigabatur, Front. Aq. 97.—Sing.: haec ultra quid erit, nisi ludus?Juv. 8, 199.—(b). In this sense, ludi is freq. in appos. with the neutr. plur. of the adj. which names the games: ludi Consualia, Liv. 1, 9, 6: ludi Cerealia, id. 30, 39, 8: ludi Taurilia, id. 39, 22, 1 (Weissenb. Taurii); 34, 54, 3; cf.: quaedam faciem soloecismi habent ... ut tragoedia Thyestes, ut ludi Floralia ac Megalensia ... numquam aliter a veteribus dicta, Quint. 1, 5, 52; cf.: ludis Megalensibus, Gell. 2, 24, 2.—(g). Also with gen. of place: eo ipso die auditam esse eam pugnam ludis Olympiae memoriae proditum est, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6.—2.Stage-plays (opp. to the games of the circus): venationes autem ludosque et cum collegā et separatim edidit, Suet. Caes. 10.—C.A place of exercise or practice, a school for elementary instruction and discipline (cf. schola): in ludum ire, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 6: fidicinus,
music-school
, id. Rud. prol. 43: litterarius, id. Merc. 2, 2, 32: litterarum ludi, Liv. 3, 44; 6, 25: ludus discendi, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6: Dionysius Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse, id. Fam. 9, 18, 1: Isocrates, cujus e ludo, tamquam ex equo Trojano, meri principes exierunt, id. de Or. 2, 22, 94; id. Or. 42, 144: gladiatores, quos ibi Caesar in ludo habebat, Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4: militaris, Liv. 7, 33, 1: litterarii paene ista sunt ludi et trivialis scientiae, Quint. 1, 4, 27: litterarium ludum exercere, Tac. A. 3, 66: obsides quosdam abductos e litterario ludo, Suet. Calig. 45: ibi namque (in foro) in tabernis litterarum ludi erant, Liv. 3, 44, 6: quem puerum in ludo cognōrat, Nep. Att. 10, 3: in Flavī ludum me mittere, Hor. S. 1, 6, 72; cf. Gell. 15, 11, 2; Suet. Gram. 4; id. Rhet. 1: sic veniunt ad miscellanea ludi, Juv. 11, 26.II.Transf.A.Play, sport, i. e. any thing done, as it were, in play, without trouble, mere sport, child's play: oratio ludus est homini non hebeti, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72: cum illa perdiscere ludus esset, id. Fin. 1, 8, 27: quibus (Graecis) jusjurandum jocus est, testimonium ludus, id. Fl. 5, 12.— B.Sport, jest, joke, fun: si vis videre ludos jucundissimos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 78: ad honores per ludum et per neglegentiam pervenire, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, 181: aliquem per ludum et jocum evertere, id. ib. 2, 1, 60, 155: amoto quaeramus seria ludo, Hor. S. 1, 1, 27: vertere seria ludo, id. A. P. 226: nil per ludum simulabitur, Juv. 6, 324: ut ludos facit, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 52: ludos facere aliquem, to make sport of, make game of, to banter, jeer at, mock: ut nunc is te ludos facit, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47: quem, senecta aetate, ludos facias, id. Aul. 2, 2, 74.— With dat.: miris modis dī ludos faciunt hominibus, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Truc. 4, 2, 46.—In pass.: ludos fieri, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 72: hocine me aetatis ludos vis factum esse indigne?id. Bacch. 5, 1, 4: ludos aliquem dimittere, to send one away with scorn and derision, or, as in Engl., to send one off with a flea in his ear: numquam hercle quisquam me lenonem dixerit, si te non ludos pessimos dimisero, id. Rud. 3, 5, 11: ludos facis me, id. Am. 2, 1, 21: facere ludos aliquid, to make a jest or a trifle of any thing, to throw away, to lose: nunc et operam ludos facit, et retia, etc., id. Rud. 4, 1, 9: ludos dare, praebere,
to make one's self ridiculous
, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 9: ludos alicui reddere,
to play tricks on
, id. And. 3, 1, 21: dare ludum alicui, to give play to one, i. e. to humor, indulge, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 7; id. Cas. prol. 25; id. Bacch. 4, 10, 9: amori dare ludum, Hor. C. 3, 12, 1: ludus aetatis, the pleasures of love: si frui liceret ludo aetatis, praesertim recto et legitimo amore, Liv. 26, 50.—C. Ludus, the title of a work of Nævius: ut est in Naevii Ludo, Cic. de Sen. 6, 20; Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270, 22 Müll.—Also, Ludus de Morte Claudii, a work of Seneca.