ludere

Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

ludere c

  1. indefinite plural of luder

Italian

Etymology

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin lūdere (to play), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: lù‧de‧re

Verb

lùdere (no first-person singular present, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative) (intransitive, obsolete)

  1. to play
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, page 534, lines 10–12:
      Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude
      Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses

Conjugation

  • The verb is only attested in the third-person present indicative (lude).[1]

References

  1. ludere on the Treccani online Enciclopedia Dantesca

Latin

Verb

lūdēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of lūdō

Verb

lūdere

  1. inflection of lūdō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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