ē-lūdo — Lewis & Short
ē-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n. and
I a. *
I Neutr., to finish play, i. e. cease to sport or roll:
ipsum autem mare sic terram appetens litoribus eludit, ut, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100 (Bait. cludit):
solebat Aquilius litus ita definire, qua fluctus eluderet,id. Top. 7, 31 (al. alluderet); cf. Quint. 5, 14, 34: eludere proprie gladiatorum est cum vicerint, et eludere est finem ludo imponere, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10.—
II Act.
A To win from one at play (very rare).—Constr. aliquem or aliquem aliquid:
anulus, Quem parasitus hic te elusit,Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31; cf.:
elusi militem in alea,id. ib. 11.— Poet., with dat.:
tibi victrices ... Eludet palmas una puella tuas,will snatch away from you, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 140.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. in the transf. sense),
B A gladiator's t. t., to elude or parry an enemy's blow:
callidus emissas eludere simius hastas,Mart. 14, 202:
caestus cito motu,Manil. 5, 163; cf. absol.:
quasi rudibus ejus eludit oratio,Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17. —Poet.:
vulnera,to make in vain, Ov. M. 12, 104.—
2 Transf., to delude, deceive, cheat, frustrate.
a In gen.:
aliquem,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109; Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 45; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14; id. Sest. 43 fin.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 1; Liv. 22, 18; 36, 45; 44, 36; Verg. A. 11, 695; Hor. S. 1, 10, 41; id. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Tib. 2, 1, 19 et saep.; cf. absol., Cic. Pis. 33, 82:
manus scrutantium,Petr. 97, 4:
bellum quiete, quietem bello,Liv. 2, 48; cf.
pugnam,id. 27, 18:
bellum metu,Tac. A. 2, 52:
fidem miraculis,Liv. 26, 19:
ultionem praevaricando,Tac. A. 14, 41:
indicia seditionis,i. e. to invalidate, id. H. 1, 26 et saep.—
b In partic., with the accessory notion of mockery, to mock, jeer, banter, make sport of:
et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis,Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:
aliquem,id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; 14; Liv. 7, 13; Tac. A. 6, 46; 16, 28 et saep.; cf. absol.:
eludet, ubi te victum senserit,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 1, 48; 2, 45; Tac. A. 2, 79 et saep.:
gloriam alicujus (opp. extollere suam),Liv. 28, 44 fin.:
aliquid,id. 1, 36; 6, 41; 9, 2 et saep.