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Verb

ludus

1. conditional of ludi

Latin

Etymology

Along with lūdō, it is either from Proto-Indo-European *loydos < *leyd- ‎(“to play”) or from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.dus/, [ˈɫuː.dʊs]

Noun

lūdus m ‎(genitive lūdī); second declension

1. school
2. game, sport, play
3. (in plural) public spectacle, games, stage plays/productions
4. fun

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• lūdībrium
• lūdicer
• lūdiō
• lūdius

Descendants

• French: ludique

References

• ludus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ludus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LUDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ludus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give funeral games in honour of a person: ludos funebres alicui dare
    
  • an elementary school: ludus (discendi or litterarum)
    
  • the piece; the play: fabula, ludus scaenicus
    
  • to institute games: ludos apparare
    
  • to give public games in honour of Jupiter: ludos facere, edere (Iovi)
    
  • to revive public games: ludos instaurare
    
  • a school for gladiators: ludus gladiatorius
    
  • crowded games: celebritas ludorum
    
  • sumptuous public games: magnificentia ludorum
    
  • (ambiguous) performances in the circus; theatrical perfomances: ludi circenses, scaenici
    
  • (ambiguous) sumptuous public games: ludi apparatissimi
    
  • (ambiguous) the Olympian, Pythian games: ludi Olympia (not ludi Olympici), Pythia
    
  • (ambiguous) gymnastic contests: ludi gymnici
    

Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ISBN 0-00-470763-X. page 207.