ludicer
Latin
Alternative forms
- lūdicrus
Etymology
From lūdō (“play”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.di.ker/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪ɪkɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.di.t͡ʃer/, [ˈluːd̪it͡ʃer]
Adjective
lūdicer (feminine lūdicra, neuter lūdicrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- sportive
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ludicer.
Usage notes
- The word is not attested in the masculine nominative singular until the 17th century, 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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lūdicer lūdicrus | lūdicra | lūdicrum | lūdicrī | lūdicrae | lūdicra | |
| Genitive | lūdicrī | lūdicrae | lūdicrī | lūdicrōrum | lūdicrārum | lūdicrōrum | |
| Dative | lūdicrō | 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