eludo

• IPA^(key): /eˈlu.do/
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: e‧lù‧do

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludere

• duole

From Proto-Italic *eksloidō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈluː.doː/, [eːˈɫ̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈlu.do/, [eˈluːd̪o]

ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive, rare) to finish play, cease to sport
2. (transitive, by extension) to deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude

   Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, fraudō, dēstituō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō

3. (transitive, by extension) to escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil

   Synonyms: ēvādō, vītō, ēvītō, refugiō, dētrectō, exeō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, fugiō

   Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō

   • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 2.48.6:

     Legiōnibus Rōmānīs cēdēbant in urbem; ubi abductās sēnserant legiōnēs, agrōs incursābant, bellum quiēte quiētem bellō in vicem ēlūdentēs.

     They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.

4. (transitive, by extension) to mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of

   Synonyms: lūdificō, rīdeō, trādūcō

   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 57.1:

     Cēterum Ascyltos, intemperantis licentiae, cum omnia sublātīs manibus ēlūderet et ūsque ad lacrimās rīderet, […]

     When Ascylos, of an immoderate boldness, was making fun of everything and was laughing to the point of tears, […]

5. (transitive, in gladiators' terminology) to elude or parry an enemy's blow
   • c. 30 CE, Manilius, Astronomica 5.162–163:

     Ille prius victor stadiō quam missus abibīt;
     ille citō mōtū rigidōs ēlūdere caestūs, […]

     One will be winner in the footrace before he is given the signal to start;
     the other can parry the hard boxing-gloves with a quick move, […]

• “eludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eludo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
    

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir

• IPA^(key): /eˈludo/ [eˈlu.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: e‧lu‧do

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir