to make a laughing-stock of

illūdo ( inl-), si, sum, 3 (acc. to the first conj. illudiabant, Gell. 1, 7, 3; perf. subj. inlusseris, Cic. Lael. 26, 99 Bait., Lahm.), v. n. and a. [in-ludo].

Neutr., to play at or with any thing, to sport with, amuse one's self with (syn. colludo; cf. ludificor).

In gen. (very rare):

illudo chartis,

amuse myself with writing, Hor. S. 1, 4, 139:

ima videbatur talis illudere palla,

Tib. 3, 4, 35.—

In partic., pregn.

To make sport or game of, to jest, mock, or jeer at, to ridicule (class.).

With dat.:

ut ne plane videaris hujus miseri fortunis et horum virorum talium dignitati illudere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

ut semper gaudes illudere rebus Humanis!

Hor. S. 2, 8, 62:

illudere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

discrimini publico,

Suet. Tib. 2:

inlusit Neroni fortuna,

Tac. A. 16, 1 init.; cf. id. ib. 15, 72 fin. —

In aliquem or aliquo:

ego te pro istis factis ulciscar, ut ne impune in nos illuseris,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 20; cf.:

quae cum dixisset in Albucium illudens,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

adeon' videmur vobis esse idonei, In quibus sic illudatis?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—

Absol.:

illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 22. —

To sport or fool away a thing, i. e. to destroy or waste in sport; in mal. part., to violate, abuse ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With dat.:

cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

Verg. G. 2, 375:

pecuniae illudere,

Tac. H. 2, 94 fin.:

C. Caesar etiam matri ejus illusit,

id. A. 15, 72:

pueritiae Britannici,

id. ib. 13, 17:

feminarum illustrium capitibus,

Suet. Tib. 45.—

Absol.:

tum variae illudant pestes,

Verg. G. 1, 181.—

Act. (in all the meanings of I.).

In gen., to play at or with any thing ( poet. and very rare):

illusas auro vestes,

i. e. lightly interwoven, Verg. G. 2, 464 (dub. al. inclusas); imitated by Avien. Perieg. 1258; cf. the periphrase: illusa pictae vestis inania, Prud. steph. 14, 104.—

In partic., pregn.

To scoff or mock at, to make a laughing-stock of, to ridicule (so most freq.):

satis superbe illuditis me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 22:

ut is, qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur. Quid autem turpius quam illudi?

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

miseros,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

illusi ac destituti,

id. Quint. 16, 51:

facetiis illusus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

pergisne eam, Laeli, artem illudere, in qua primum excello ipse?

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

artes,

Ov. M. 9, 66:

ipsa praecepta (rhetorum),

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

illud nimium acumen (opp. admirari ingenium),

id. ib. 1, 57, 243:

voces Neronis, quoties caneret,

Tac. A. 14, 52: verbis virtutem superbis, [p. 887] Verg. A. 9, 634.—

To destroy, ruin, violate, abuse (very rare):

vitam filiae,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 3: illusique pedes (i. e. crapulā) vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus, ruined, i. e. staggering, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108:

corpus alicujus,

Tac. A. 1, 71.

illūdo ( inl-), si, sum, 3 (acc. to the first conj. illudiabant, Gell. 1, 7, 3; perf. subj. inlusseris, Cic. Lael. 26, 99 Bait., Lahm.), v. n. and a. [in-ludo].

Neutr., to play at or with any thing, to sport with, amuse one's self with (syn. colludo; cf. ludificor).

In gen. (very rare):

illudo chartis,

amuse myself with writing, Hor. S. 1, 4, 139:

ima videbatur talis illudere palla,

Tib. 3, 4, 35.—

In partic., pregn.

To make sport or game of, to jest, mock, or jeer at, to ridicule (class.).

With dat.:

ut ne plane videaris hujus miseri fortunis et horum virorum talium dignitati illudere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

ut semper gaudes illudere rebus Humanis!

Hor. S. 2, 8, 62:

illudere capto,

Verg. A. 2, 64:

discrimini publico,

Suet. Tib. 2:

inlusit Neroni fortuna,

Tac. A. 16, 1 init.; cf. id. ib. 15, 72 fin. —

In aliquem or aliquo:

ego te pro istis factis ulciscar, ut ne impune in nos illuseris,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 20; cf.:

quae cum dixisset in Albucium illudens,

Cic. de Or. 3, 43, 171:

adeon' videmur vobis esse idonei, In quibus sic illudatis?

Ter. And. 4, 4, 19.—

Absol.:

illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 22. —

To sport or fool away a thing, i. e. to destroy or waste in sport; in mal. part., to violate, abuse ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

With dat.:

cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,

Verg. G. 2, 375:

pecuniae illudere,

Tac. H. 2, 94 fin.:

C. Caesar etiam matri ejus illusit,

id. A. 15, 72:

pueritiae Britannici,

id. ib. 13, 17:

feminarum illustrium capitibus,

Suet. Tib. 45.—

Absol.:

tum variae illudant pestes,

Verg. G. 1, 181.—

Act. (in all the meanings of I.).

In gen., to play at or with any thing ( poet. and very rare):

illusas auro vestes,

i. e. lightly interwoven, Verg. G. 2, 464 (dub. al. inclusas); imitated by Avien. Perieg. 1258; cf. the periphrase: illusa pictae vestis inania, Prud. steph. 14, 104.—

In partic., pregn.

To scoff or mock at, to make a laughing-stock of, to ridicule (so most freq.):

satis superbe illuditis me,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 22:

ut is, qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur. Quid autem turpius quam illudi?

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

miseros,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

illusi ac destituti,

id. Quint. 16, 51:

facetiis illusus,

Tac. A. 15, 68:

pergisne eam, Laeli, artem illudere, in qua primum excello ipse?

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

artes,

Ov. M. 9, 66:

ipsa praecepta (rhetorum),

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

illud nimium acumen (opp. admirari ingenium),

id. ib. 1, 57, 243:

voces Neronis, quoties caneret,

Tac. A. 14, 52: verbis virtutem superbis, [p. 887] Verg. A. 9, 634.—

To destroy, ruin, violate, abuse (very rare):

vitam filiae,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 3: illusique pedes (i. e. crapulā) vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus, ruined, i. e. staggering, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108:

corpus alicujus,

Tac. A. 1, 71.

irrīdĕo ( inr-), rīsi, rīsu, 2, v. n. and a. [1. in-rideo] (collat. form irrīdo, ĕre, M. Brutus ap. Diom. p. 378 P.).

Neutr., to laugh at a person or thing, to joke, jeer:

irrides in re tanta,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; id. And. 1, 2, 33:

tam aperte,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63:

Caesar mihi irridere visus est,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Lemnii irridentes responderunt,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5; cf.:

multum irridentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

qui irrident, quod, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

et ille irridens... inquit,

Suet. Galb. 4:

irridens respondit,

id. Tib. 52.—

Act., to mock, ridicule, laugh to scorn:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

venis ultro irrisum dominum,

id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

nos,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17:

per jocum deos irridens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

Romam atque contemnere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vos ab illo irridemini,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

semel irrisus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58:

perpessus es non irridendam moram,

Plin. Pan. 63, 2:

quae irrideri ab imperitis solent,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

irrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 272:

vox praeconis irrisa est,

Suet. Claud. 21:

tantam irridendi sui facultatem dare,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 39.— Aliquem irrisum habere, to make a laughing-stock:

me impune irrisum esse habitum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83.—Hence, irrī-denter, adv., jeeringly, scoffingly (anteand post-class.): petit, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 93 Rib.):

admonere,

Aug. Ep. 5 med.

irrīdĕo ( inr-), rīsi, rīsu, 2, v. n. and a. [1. in-rideo] (collat. form irrīdo, ĕre, M. Brutus ap. Diom. p. 378 P.).

Neutr., to laugh at a person or thing, to joke, jeer:

irrides in re tanta,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; id. And. 1, 2, 33:

tam aperte,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63:

Caesar mihi irridere visus est,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Lemnii irridentes responderunt,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5; cf.:

multum irridentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

qui irrident, quod, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

et ille irridens... inquit,

Suet. Galb. 4:

irridens respondit,

id. Tib. 52.—

Act., to mock, ridicule, laugh to scorn:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

venis ultro irrisum dominum,

id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

nos,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17:

per jocum deos irridens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

Romam atque contemnere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vos ab illo irridemini,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

semel irrisus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58:

perpessus es non irridendam moram,

Plin. Pan. 63, 2:

quae irrideri ab imperitis solent,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

irrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 272:

vox praeconis irrisa est,

Suet. Claud. 21:

tantam irridendi sui facultatem dare,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 39.— Aliquem irrisum habere, to make a laughing-stock:

me impune irrisum esse habitum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83.—Hence, irrī-denter, adv., jeeringly, scoffingly (anteand post-class.): petit, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 93 Rib.):

admonere,

Aug. Ep. 5 med.

irrīdĕo ( inr-), rīsi, rīsu, 2, v. n. and a. [1. in-rideo] (collat. form irrīdo, ĕre, M. Brutus ap. Diom. p. 378 P.).

Neutr., to laugh at a person or thing, to joke, jeer:

irrides in re tanta,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29; id. And. 1, 2, 33:

tam aperte,

id. Phorm. 5, 7, 63:

Caesar mihi irridere visus est,

Cic. Att. 12, 6, 3:

Lemnii irridentes responderunt,

Nep. Milt. 1, 5; cf.:

multum irridentibus,

Tac. A. 1, 8:

qui irrident, quod, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

et ille irridens... inquit,

Suet. Galb. 4:

irridens respondit,

id. Tib. 52.—

Act., to mock, ridicule, laugh to scorn:

bonis tuis rebus meas res irrides malas,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 45:

venis ultro irrisum dominum,

id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

nos,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 17:

per jocum deos irridens,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

Romam atque contemnere,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 96:

vos ab illo irridemini,

id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

semel irrisus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 58:

perpessus es non irridendam moram,

Plin. Pan. 63, 2:

quae irrideri ab imperitis solent,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

irrisam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat,

Verg. A. 5, 272:

vox praeconis irrisa est,

Suet. Claud. 21:

tantam irridendi sui facultatem dare,

Cic. Div. 2, 17, 39.— Aliquem irrisum habere, to make a laughing-stock:

me impune irrisum esse habitum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 83.—Hence, irrī-denter, adv., jeeringly, scoffingly (anteand post-class.): petit, Laber. ap. Charis. p. 181 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 93 Rib.):

admonere,

Aug. Ep. 5 med.