lusor

Latin

Etymology

From lūdo (“to play”) +‎ -tor (agent suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.s̬or]

Noun

lūsor m (genitive lūsōris); third declension

1. a player, gambler
2. tease
3. (figurative) a humorous writer or poet
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 4.10.1:

     tenerōrum lūsor amōrum

     playful poet of tender love

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lūsor	lūsōrēs
genitive	lūsōris	lūsōrum
dative	lūsōrī	lūsōribus
accusative	lūsōrem	lūsōrēs
ablative	lūsōre	lūsōribus
vocative	lūsor	lūsōrēs

References

• “lusor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lusor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lusor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lusor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lūcōrem, from Latin lūceō. Compare Italian lucore, Romanian lucoare, Catalan llugor, Occitan lugor, French lueur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lusor f (plural lusors)

1. light, glimmer, shine

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 416