illūdo — Lewis & Short
illūdo (inl-), si, sum, 3 (acc. to the first conj. illudiabant,
Gell. 1, 7, 3;I perf. subj. inlusseris, Cic. Lael. 26, 99 Bait., Lahm.), v. n. and a. [in-ludo].
I Neutr., to play at or with any thing, to sport with, amuse one's self with (syn. colludo; cf. ludificor).
A In gen. (very rare):
illudo chartis,amuse myself with writing, Hor. S. 1, 4, 139:
ima videbatur talis illudere palla,Tib. 3, 4, 35.—
B In partic., pregn.
1 To make sport or game of, to jest, mock, or jeer at, to ridicule (class.).
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) Absol.:
illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse, etc.,Cic. Fam. 7, 22. —
2 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).
(a) 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.—
(b) Absol.:
tum variae illudant pestes,Verg. G. 1, 181.—
II Act. (in all the meanings of I.).
A 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. stef. 14, 104.—
B In partic., pregn.
1 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, Verg. A. 9, 634.—
2 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.