ludo

See also: ludo-, Ludo, and Ľudo

English

Noun

ludo (plural ludos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ludo

Anagrams

• Loud, loud, ould

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūdus.

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

• kartludo (“card game”)
• ludejo (“playground”)
• ludi (“to play”)
• ludilo (“toy”)

 

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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

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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

• duol

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.doː/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.do/, [ˈluːd̪o]

• Audio (Classical):

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Etymology 1

Along with lūdus (“game”), it is either from Proto-Italic *loidō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to play”) or from Etruscan.

Verb

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

1. I play (a game or sport).

   Synonym: iocō

2. I frolic, behave playfully.
3. I practice, amuse myself with.
4. I sport, play amorously.
5. I mock, mimic.
6. I tease, ridicule.
7. I 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

• ablūdō
• allūdō
• antelūdium
• collūdō
• dēlūdō
• ēlūdō
• illūdō
• interlūdō
• lūdibundus
• lūdicer
• lūdiō
• lūdius
• lūdus
• lūsiō
• lūsor
• lūsus
• oblūdō
• perlūdō
• praelūdō
• prōlūdō
• relūdō

 

Descendants

• English: Ludo, ludicrous
• Esperanto: ludi
• Spanish: luir, ludir
• French: ludique

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) lūdō m

1. dative/ablative singular of lūdus

References

• “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^[1], 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
    

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

lȗdo (Cyrillic spelling лу̑до)

1. crazily, insanely

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈludo/ [ˈlu.ð̞o]

Noun

ludo m (uncountable)

1. (South America) Ludo

   Synonym: parchís

Verb

ludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ludir

Further reading

• “ludo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28