ludicer

Latin

Etymology

From lūdō (“play”).

Alternative forms

• lūdicrus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.di.ker/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪ɪkɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.di.t͡ʃer/, [ˈluːd̪it͡ʃer]

Adjective

lūdicer (feminine lūdicra, neuter lūdicrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sportive
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ludicer.

Usage notes

• The word is not attested in the masculine nominative singular until the 1600s, and it is unclear whether that form would have been lūdicer or lūdicrus in Roman times (both are attested in New Latin).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lūdicer lūdicrus	lūdicra	lūdicrum		lūdicrī	lūdicrae	lūdicra
genitive	lūdicrī	lūdicrae	lūdicrī		lūdicrōrum	lūdicrārum	lūdicrōrum
dative	lūdicrō	lūdicrae	lūdicrō		lūdicrīs
accusative	lūdicrum	lūdicram	lūdicrum		lūdicrōs	lūdicrās	lūdicra
ablative	lūdicrō	lūdicrā	lūdicrō		lūdicrīs
vocative	lūdicre	lūdicra	lūdicrum		lūdicrī	lūdicrae	lūdicra

References

• “ludicer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ludicer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ludicer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.