eludo

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludere

Anagrams

• duole

Latin

FWOTD – 27 July 2023

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *eksloidō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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     They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēlūdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēlūdō	ēlūdis	ēlūdit	ēlūdimus	ēlūditis	ēlūdunt
	imperfect	ēlūdēbam	ēlūdēbās	ēlūdēbat	ēlūdēbāmus	ēlūdēbātis	ēlūdēbant
	future	ēlūdam	ēlūdēs	ēlūdet	ēlūdēmus	ēlūdētis	ēlūdent
	perfect	ēlūsī	ēlūsistī	ēlūsit	ēlūsimus	ēlūsistis	ēlūsērunt, ēlūsēre
	pluperfect	ēlūseram	ēlūserās	ēlūserat	ēlūserāmus	ēlūserātis	ēlūserant
	future perfect	ēlūserō	ēlūseris	ēlūserit	ēlūserimus	ēlūseritis	ēlūserint
passive	present	ēlūdor	ēlūderis, ēlūdere	ēlūditur	ēlūdimur	ēlūdiminī	ēlūduntur
	imperfect	ēlūdēbar	ēlūdēbāris, ēlūdēbāre	ēlūdēbātur	ēlūdēbāmur	ēlūdēbāminī	ēlūdēbantur
	future	ēlūdar	ēlūdēris, ēlūdēre	ēlūdētur	ēlūdēmur	ēlūdēminī	ēlūdentur
	perfect	ēlūsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ēlūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ēlūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēlūdam	ēlūdās	ēlūdat	ēlūdāmus	ēlūdātis	ēlūdant
	imperfect	ēlūderem	ēlūderēs	ēlūderet	ēlūderēmus	ēlūderētis	ēlūderent
	perfect	ēlūserim	ēlūserīs	ēlūserit	ēlūserīmus	ēlūserītis	ēlūserint
	pluperfect	ēlūsissem	ēlūsissēs	ēlūsisset	ēlūsissēmus	ēlūsissētis	ēlūsissent
passive	present	ēlūdar	ēlūdāris, ēlūdāre	ēlūdātur	ēlūdāmur	ēlūdāminī	ēlūdantur
	imperfect	ēlūderer	ēlūderēris, ēlūderēre	ēlūderētur	ēlūderēmur	ēlūderēminī	ēlūderentur
	perfect	ēlūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ēlūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēlūde	—	—	ēlūdite	—
	future	—	ēlūditō	ēlūditō	—	ēlūditōte	ēlūduntō
passive	present	—	ēlūdere	—	—	ēlūdiminī	—
	future	—	ēlūditor	ēlūditor	—	—	ēlūduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēlūdere	ēlūsisse	ēlūsūrum esse	ēlūdī	ēlūsum esse	ēlūsum īrī
participles		ēlūdēns	—	ēlūsūrus	—	ēlūsus	ēlūdendus, ēlūdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēlūdendī	ēlūdendō	ēlūdendum	ēlūdendō	ēlūsum	ēlūsū

Derived terms

• ēlūsiō
• ēlūsus

 

Related terms

• ablūdō
• allūdō
• collūdō
• dēlūdō
• illūdo
• interlūdō
• lūdō
• praelūdō
• prōlūdō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: eludir
• → English: elude
• French: éluder
• Italian: eludere
• Portuguese: eludir
• Spanish: eludir

References

• “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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
    

Portuguese

Verb

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir