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  • 1 lūdus

        lūdus ī, m    [LVD-], a play, game, diversion, pastime: novum sibi excogitant ludum: campestris: Nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum, H.: pueri Intenti ludo, V.— Plur, public games, plays, spectacles, shows, exhibitions: delectant homines ludi: festi dies ludorum: ludos aspicere, O.: ludi Olympiae: ludi Consualia, L.: ludi Cerialia, L.—Rarely sing: haec ultra quid erit, nisi ludus, Iu.— A place for exercise, place for practice, school: In eodem ludo doctae, T.: litterarum ludi, L.: discendi: Isocrates, cuius e ludo principes exierunt: gladiatores in ludo habebat, in training, Cs.: militaris, L.: quem puerum in ludo cognorat, N.: sic veniunt ad miscellanea ludi, Iu. — Play, sport, child's play: oratio ludus est homini non hebeti: quibus (Graecis) ius iurandum iocus est, testimonium ludus.— Sport, jest, joke, fun: ad honores per ludum pervenire: amoto quaeramus seria ludo, H.: Nil per ludum simulabitur, Iu.: narrare, quos ludos praebueris, how you made yourself ridiculous, T.: mihi ludos reddere, play tricks on, T.: frui ludo aetatis, L.— A play, entertaining exhibition, playful writing, satire: veteres inëunt proscaenia ludi, V.: ut est in Naevi Ludo.
    * * *
    game, play, sport, pastime, entertainment, fun; school, elementary school

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  • 2 lūdō

        lūdō sī, sus, ere    [LVD-], to play, play at a game: tesseris, T.: aleā ludere: pilā et duodecim scriptis: trocho, H.: positā luditur arcā, with his cash-box staked, Iu.: alea: par impar, H.: proelia latronum, O.: scriptae, quibus alea luditur, artes, O.— To play, appear in a public game: ludis circensibus elephantos lusisse..L.— To play, sport, frisk, frolic: honesta exempla ludendi: in numerum, dance, V.: in exiguo cymba lacu, O.— Fig., to sport, play, practise as a pastime, do for amusement: illa ipsa ludens conieci in communīs locos: Syracosio ludere versu, V.— To play, make music, compose: quae vellem calamo agresti, V.: Talia luduntur mense Decembri, O.: carmina, V. — To sport, dally, wanton: Lusisti satis, H.— To play, mock, mimic, take off: opus, imitate serious business in sport, H.— To make game of, ridicule, rally, banter: eum lusi iocose satis: omnium inrisione ludi: an prudens ludis me? H.: caput aselli, Ad quod ludebant, Iu.— To delude, deceive: me, T.: non ludo, am in earnest, H.: natum falsis imaginibus, V.: hoc civili bello, quam multa (haruspicum responsa) luserunt, i. e. gave deceptive responses.—To baffle, elude: (canes) sequentīs, O.
    * * *
    ludere, lusi, lusus V
    play, mock, tease, trick

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  • 3 delectamentum

    dēlectāmentum, i, n. [id.], a delight (very rare):

    pro delectamento,

    amusement, pastime, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 79:

    delectamenta puerorum, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 60:

    pacis,

    Nazar. Paneg. Const. 35:

    somni,

    Vulg. Sap. 7, 2.

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  • 4 jocus

    jŏcus, i (plur. also joca, jocorum, n.; so always in Cic.), m. [perh. akin to Sanscr. root div, ludere; cf. jucundus], a jest, joke (class.):

    joci causa magistrum adhibes,

    for the sake of the joke, Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

    defensio redundabat hilaritate quadam et joco,

    id. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    ut ad ludum et jocum facti videamur,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 103:

    quicum joca seria, ut dicitur,

    id. Fin. 2, 26, [p. 1014] 85:

    joca atque seria cum humillimis agere,

    Sall. J. 96, 2:

    seria ac jocos celebrare,

    Liv. 1, 4, 9:

    jocum accipimus quod est contrarium serio,

    Quint. 6, 3, 21; 68; 94:

    conviva joco mordente facetus,

    Juv. 9, 10; Plin. Ep. 2, 13, 5; Tac. A. 2, 13:

    agitare jocos cum aliquo,

    Ov. M. 3, 320;

    of jests of love,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 65:

    seu tu querelas sive geris jocos,

    id. C. 3, 21, 2:

    materiam praebere causas jocorum,

    Juv. 3, 147; pastime, sport, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 144:

    quibus jusjurandum jocus est,

    Cic. Fl. 5, 12:

    per jocum,

    in jest, by way of a joke, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 39; id. Poen. 5, 5, 42:

    joco an serio haec dicat,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 20; Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1.—So, too, joco quid dictum est per jocum, Plaut. Am. 2, 3, 35:

    ne joco quidem mentiretur,

    Nep. Ep. 3, 1:

    joco seriove,

    Liv. 7, 41, 3; Suet. Ner. 25; id. Aug. 53: extra jocum or remoto joco, joking aside, without joking:

    extra jocum, bellus est,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 2:

    remoto joco, tibi praecipio, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 7, 11, 3:

    ludus et jocus,

    mere sport, a trifle, Liv. 28, 42:

    mille facesse jocos: turpe est nescire puellam Ludere,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 367.—Personified:

    quam Jocus circumvolat et Cupido,

    the god of jests, Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 8.

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  • 5 lascivia

    lascīvĭa, ae, f. [lascivus], sportiveness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jollity.
    I.
    In a good sense (class.):

    adulescens plenus amoris ac lasciviae,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 23:

    hilaritas et lascivia,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

    laeta (agrestium),

    Lucr. 5, 1400:

    ut nudi juvenes, Lycaeum Pana venerantes, per lusum atque lasciviam currerent,

    Liv. 1, 5, 2 Drak.:

    in juvenales lusus lasciviamque versi,

    id. 24, 16, 14; 37, 20, 5: piscium, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    si quid per lasciviam, et non data opera ut furtum committeretur, factum sit,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 181.—Of inanim. things:

    naturae,

    Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123.—Comic.:

    o virgarum lascivia,

    thou scourge's pastime! Plaut. As. 2, 2, 32.—
    II.
    In a bad sense, wantonness, licentiousness, petulance, impudence, lewdness, lasciviousness (mostly postAug.;

    not in Cic.): quos soluto imperio licentia corruperat,

    Sall. J. 39 fin.;

    with superbia,

    id. ib. 41:

    maledicendi,

    Quint. 9, 2, 76:

    theatralis populi,

    Tac. A. 11, 13: lasciviae [p. 1038] notae, of lewdness, Suet. Calig. 36; cf.:

    Caesonia luxuriae ac lasciviae perditae,

    id. ib. 25: ignoscitur, nisi in lata et incauta neglegentia vel lascivia fuit, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 5, 2; cf.

    Gai. Inst. l. l. supra. —Of a licentious, prolix style: lasciviae flosculis capi,

    Quint. 2, 5, 22:

    alios recens haec lascivia deliciaeque et omnia ad voluptatem multitudinis imperitae composita delectant,

    id. 10, 1, 43:

    lasciviam a vobis prohibetote,

    impious exultation, Liv. 23, 10, 3 Gronov. ad loc.

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  • 6 ludo

    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. —
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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. gave wanton, deceptive responses, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 53.

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  • 7 ludus

    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.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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 [p. 1084] 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.

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  • 8 lusoria

    lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [lusor], of or belonging to a player.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pila,

    a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205:

    alveus cum tesseris,

    id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:

    statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,

    Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—
    B.
    Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a [p. 1087] vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:

    lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque,

    with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.:

    lusoriae,

    swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:

    quaestio,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    arma,

    Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

    spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,

    id. ib. 80, 2.—
    B.
    Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:

    nomen,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

    lusorias minas alicui facere,

    Dig. 35, 3, 4:

    imperium,

    ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently:

    lusorie (causam) agens,

    Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.

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  • 9 lusorium

    lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [lusor], of or belonging to a player.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pila,

    a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205:

    alveus cum tesseris,

    id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:

    statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,

    Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—
    B.
    Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a [p. 1087] vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:

    lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque,

    with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.:

    lusoriae,

    swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:

    quaestio,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    arma,

    Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

    spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,

    id. ib. 80, 2.—
    B.
    Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:

    nomen,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

    lusorias minas alicui facere,

    Dig. 35, 3, 4:

    imperium,

    ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently:

    lusorie (causam) agens,

    Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lusorium

  • 10 lusorius

    lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [lusor], of or belonging to a player.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pila,

    a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205:

    alveus cum tesseris,

    id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:

    statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,

    Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—
    B.
    Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a [p. 1087] vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:

    lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque,

    with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.:

    lusoriae,

    swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:

    quaestio,

    Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    arma,

    Sen. Ep. 117, 25:

    spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,

    id. ib. 80, 2.—
    B.
    Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:

    nomen,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3:

    lusorias minas alicui facere,

    Dig. 35, 3, 4:

    imperium,

    ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently:

    lusorie (causam) agens,

    Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lusorius

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  • pastime — /pas tuym , pahs /, n. something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime. [1480 90; earlier pas(s)e tyme, trans. of MF passe temps] Syn. entertainment, hobby,… …   Universalium

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