lūdo — Lewis & Short
lūdo, si, sum (
I 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. —
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.