ludo

See also: ludo-, Ludo, and Ľudo

English

Noun

ludo (plural ludos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ludo

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From ludi (“to play”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈludo]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: lu‧do

Noun

ludo (accusative singular ludon, plural ludoj, accusative plural ludojn)

  1. game

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From ludar (“to play”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈludo/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧do

Noun

ludo (plural ludi)

  1. playing, game
  2. gambling
    Synonym: ludrisko

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lūdus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.do/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: lù‧do

Noun

ludo m (plural ludi)

  1. game, sport
  2. pastime

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *loidō, from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to play”), perhaps reduplicated present *lé-loyd-ti ~ *lé-lid-n̥ti through dissimilation.[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Ancient Greek λίζω (lízō, “to play”).

Verb

lūdō (present infinitive lūdere, perfect active lūsī, supine lūsum); third conjugation

  1. to play (a game or sport)
    Synonym: iocōr
  2. to frolic, behave playfully
  3. to practice, amuse oneself with
  4. to sport, play amorously
  5. to mock, mimic
  6. to tease, ridicule
  7. to deceive, trick
Conjugation
   Conjugation of lūdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūdō lūdis lūdit lūdimus lūditis lūdunt
imperfect lūdēbam lūdēbās lūdēbat lūdēbāmus lūdēbātis lūdēbant
future lūdam lūdēs lūdet lūdēmus lūdētis lūdent
perfect lūsī lūsistī lūsit lūsimus lūsistis lūsērunt,
lūsēre
pluperfect lūseram lūserās lūserat lūserāmus lūserātis lūserant
future perfect lūserō lūseris lūserit lūserimus lūseritis lūserint
passive present lūdor lūderis,
lūdere		 lūditur lūdimur lūdiminī lūduntur
imperfect lūdēbar lūdēbāris,
lūdēbāre		 lūdēbātur lūdēbāmur lūdēbāminī lūdēbantur
future lūdar lūdēris,
lūdēre		 lūdētur lūdēmur lūdēminī lūdentur
perfect lūsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūdam lūdās lūdat lūdāmus lūdātis lūdant
imperfect lūderem lūderēs lūderet lūderēmus lūderētis lūderent
perfect lūserim lūserīs lūserit lūserīmus lūserītis lūserint
pluperfect lūsissem lūsissēs lūsisset lūsissēmus lūsissētis lūsissent
passive present lūdar lūdāris,
lūdāre		 lūdātur lūdāmur lūdāminī lūdantur
imperfect lūderer lūderēris,
lūderēre		 lūderētur lūderēmur lūderēminī lūderentur
perfect lūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lūde — — lūdite —
future — lūditō lūditō — lūditōte lūduntō
passive present — lūdere — — lūdiminī —
future — lūditor lūditor — — lūduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lūdere lūsisse lūsūrum esse lūdī lūsum esse lūsum īrī
participles lūdēns — lūsūrus — lūsus lūdendus,
lūdundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lūdendī lūdendō lūdendum lūdendō lūsum lūsū
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: Ludo, ludicrous
  • Esperanto: ludi
  • Spanish: lúdico, luir, ludir
  • French: ludique

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 666, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 666
  2. Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “lūdus, -ī”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 368
  3. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “lei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 402–403
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūdō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 350–351

Further reading
  • “ludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ludo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem
    • (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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lūdō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of lūdus

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lûːdo/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧do

Adverb

lȗdo (Cyrillic spelling лу̑до)

  1. crazily, insanely

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈludo/ [ˈlu.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: lu‧do

Noun

ludo m (uncountable)

  1. (South America) Ludo
    Synonym: parchís

Verb

ludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ludir

Further reading
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