lusus
See also: lūšus
Latin
Etymology
From the perfect passive participle of lūdō (“play (a game, sport)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈluː.sus/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.sus/, [ˈluːs̬us]
Participle
lūsus (feminine lūsa, neuter lūsum); first/second-declension participle
- played (a game or sport), having been played.
- practiced, having been practiced.
- mocked, mimicked, having been mocked.
- teased, ridiculed, having been teased.
- deceived, tricked, having been deceived.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | lūsus | lūsa | lūsum | lūsī | lūsae | lūsa | |
Genitive | lūsī | lūsae | lūsī | lūsōrum | lūsārum | lūsōrum | |
Dative | lūsō | lūsō | lūsīs | ||||
Accusative | lūsum | lūsam | lūsum | lūsōs | lūsās | lūsa | |
Ablative | lūsō | lūsā | lūsō | lūsīs | |||
Vocative | lūse | lūsa | lūsum | lūsī | lūsae | lūsa |
Noun
lūsus m (genitive lūsūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lūsus | lūsūs |
Genitive | lūsūs | lūsuum |
Dative | lūsuī | lūsibus |
Accusative | lūsum | lūsūs |
Ablative | lūsū | lūsibus |
Vocative | lūsus | lūsūs |
Related terms
References
- “lusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lusus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.