dŭcātus

dŭcātus, ūs, m. [dux], military leadership, command = hêgemonia (post-Aug.), Suet. Tib. 19; Flor. 3, 21, 2; Just. 2, 15, 14; Vulg. Sirach, 7, 4:

calculis omnibus ducatum latrones ei deferunt,

App. M. 7, p. 191 med. —

In gen., guidance (eccl. Lat.):

caecus autem si caeco ducatum praestet,

Vulg. Matt. 15, 14.—

Transf., authority:

quaerere a domino ducatum,

Vulg. Sir. 7, 4 al.

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.

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. —

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.—

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.—

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. —

Trop.

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.—

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.—

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.—

To trifle with:

summa pericula,

Mart. 9, 38, 1:

viribus imperii,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 4.—

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.—

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.—

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. gave wanton, deceptive responses, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 53.

ordĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ordo], to order, set in order, arrange, adjust, dispose, regulate.

In gen. (class.;

syn.: dispenso, dispono): copias,

Nep. Iph. 2, 2; so,

milites,

Liv. 29, 1:

agmina,

Hor. Epod. 17, 9; and:

aciem,

Just. 11, 9, 8:

arbusta latius sulcis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 9:

vineam paribus intervallis,

Col. 3, 13:

res suas suo arbitrio,

Sen. Ep. 9, 14:

partes orationis,

Cic. Inv. 1, 14, 9:

litem,

id. de Or. 2, 10, 43:

causam,

Dig. 40, 12, 24:

judicium,

ib. 40, 12, 25:

testamentum,

ib. 5, 2, 2:

bibliothecas,

Suet. Gram. 21.—

Transf.:

cupiditates improbas,

to arrange, draw up in order of battle, Sen. Ep. 10, 2: publicas res (= suntattein, componere), to draw up in order, to narrate the history of public events, Hor. C. 2, 1, 10 (antiquitatem) totam in eo volumine exposuerit, quo magistratus ordinavit, i. e. recorded events according to the years of the magistrates, Nep. Att. 18, 1:

cum omnia ordinarentur,

Cic. Sull. 19, 53.—

In partic. (post-Aug.).

To rule, govern a country:

statum liberarum civitatum,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 7:

Macedoniam,

Flor. 2, 16:

provinciam,

Suet. Galb. 7:

Orientem,

id. Aug. 13.—

To ordain, appoint to office:

magistratus,

Suet. Caes. 76:

tribunatus, praefecturas, et ducatus,

to dispose of, give away, Just. 30, 2, 5; so,

filium in successionem regni,

Just. 17, 1, 4.—Hence,

(Eccl. Lat.) To ordain as a priest or pastor, to admit to a clerical office, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 36; cf.:

in ministerium sanctorum ordinaverunt se ipsos,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 15.—Hence, ordĭ-nātus, a, um, P. a., well ordered, orderly, ordained, appointed (class.):

compositus ordinatusque vir,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 3:

igneae formae cursus ordinatos definiunt,

perform their appointed courses, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101.— Comp.:

vita ordinatior,

Sen. Ep. 74, 25:

pars mundi ordinatior,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6.— Sup.:

meatus ordinatissimi,

App. de Deo Socrat. p. 42.—Hence, adv.: ordĭnā-tē, in an orderly manner, in order, methodically (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 811;

v. ordinatim): tamquam (astra) non possent tam disposite, tam ordinate moveri,

Lact. 2, 5, 15:

ordinate disponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69 dub.— Comp.:

ordinatius retractare,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19 init.—Sup.:

ordinatissime subjunxit,

Aug. Retract. 1, 24.