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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 -
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 Vplay, mock, tease, trick -
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. -
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. -
5 lascivia
lascīvĭa, ae, f. [lascivus], sportiveness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jollity.I.In a good sense (class.):II.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.—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. -
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:(β).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.:(γ).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.:B.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:II.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.A.To sport, play with any thing, to practise as a pastime, amuse one's self with any thing:B.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):C.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.:D. E.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 spend in play or amusement, to sport away:F.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:G.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. -
7 ludus
lūdus, i, m. [id.], a play.I.Lit.A.In gen., a play, game, diversion, pastime:B.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.—In partic.1.Ludi, public games, plays, spectacles, shows, exhibitions, which were given in honor of the gods, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—In this sense, ludi is freq. in appos. with the neutr. plur. of the adj. which names the games:(γ).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.—Also with gen. of place:2.eo ipso die auditam esse eam pugnam ludis Olympiae memoriae proditum est,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6.—Stage-plays (opp. to the games of the circus):C.venationes autem ludosque et cum collegā et separatim edidit,
Suet. Caes. 10.—A place of exercise or practice, a school for elementary instruction and discipline (cf. schola):II.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.Transf.A.Play, sport, i. e. any thing done, as it were, in play, without trouble, mere sport, child's play:B.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.—Sport, jest, joke, fun: si vis videre ludos [p. 1084] jucundissimos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 78:C.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.—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. -
8 lusoria
I. 2.Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:B.statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,
Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—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:II.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.—Trop.A.That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:B.quaestio,
Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:arma,
Sen. Ep. 117, 25:spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,
id. ib. 80, 2.—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. -
9 lusorium
I. 2.Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:B.statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,
Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—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:II.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.—Trop.A.That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:B.quaestio,
Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:arma,
Sen. Ep. 117, 25:spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,
id. ib. 80, 2.—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. -
10 lusorius
I. 2.Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:B.statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio,
Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—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:II.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.—Trop.A.That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:B.quaestio,
Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180:arma,
Sen. Ep. 117, 25:spectaculum non fidele et lusorium,
id. ib. 80, 2.—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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