eludo

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

eludo

first-person singular present indicative of eludere

Anagrams

duole

Latin

FWOTD – 27 July 2023

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin lūdō

Latin ēlūdō

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ lūdō (“play; trick”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eːˈɫuː.doː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈluː.do]

Verb

ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation

(intransitive, rare) to finish play, cease to sport
(transitive, by extension) to deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, fraudō, dēstituō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō
(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 BCE – 17 CE, 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  They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.
(transitive, by extension) to mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of
Synonyms: lūdificō, rīdeō, trādūcō
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.13:
  […] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]
  […] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]
- 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, […]
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ēlūde		—	—	ēlūdite		—
active	future	—	ēlūditō		ēlūditō	—	ēlūditōte		ēlūduntō
passive	present	—	ēlūdere		—	—	ēlūdiminī		—
passive	future	—	ēlūditor		ēlūditor	—	—		ēlūduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ēlūdere		ēlūdī		ēlūdēns		—
future		ēlūsūrum esse		ēlūsum īrī		ēlūsūrus		ēlūdendus, ēlūdundus
perfect		ēlūsisse		ēlūsum esse		—		ēlūsus
future perfect		—		ēlūsum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ēlūsūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ēlūdendī	ēlūdendō		ēlūdendum	ēlūdendō	ēlūsum		ēlūsū

Derived terms

Related terms

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

first-person singular present indicative of eludir

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

eludo

first-person singular present indicative of eludir