ludo
See also: ludo-, Ludo, and Ľudo
English
Noun
ludo (plural ludos)
- Alternative letter-case form of Ludo
Anagrams
- Loud, loud, ould
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈludo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -udo
- Hyphenation: lu‧do
Noun
ludo (accusative singular ludon, plural ludoj, accusative plural ludojn)
- game
Derived terms
- kartludo (“card game”)
- kartoludo (“card game”)
- ludejo (“playground”)
- ludilo (“toy”)
- ludi (“to play”)
Ido
Etymology
From ludar (“to play”) + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈludo/
- Hyphenation: lu‧do
Noun
ludo (plural ludi)
- playing, game
- gambling
- Synonym: ludrisko
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lūdus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.do/
- Rhymes: -udo
- Hyphenation: lù‧do
Noun
ludo m (plural ludi)
- game, sport
- pastime
Anagrams
- duol
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.doː/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.do/, [ˈluːd̪o]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Etymology 1
Along with lūdus (“game”), it is either from Proto-Italic *loidō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to play”) or from Etruscan.
Verb
lūdō (present infinitive lūdere, perfect active lūsī, supine lūsum); third conjugation
- I play (a game or sport).
- Synonym: iocō
- I frolic, behave playfully.
- I practice, amuse myself with.
- I sport, play amorously.
- I mock, mimic.
- I tease, ridicule.
- I deceive, trick.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of lūdō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lūdō | lūdis | lūdit | lūdimus | lūditis | lūdunt |
| imperfect | lūdēbam | lūdēbās | lūdēbat | lūdēbāmus | lūdēbātis | lūdēbant | |
| future | lūdam | lūdēs | lūdet | lūdēmus | lūdētis | lūdent | |
| perfect | lūsī | lūsistī | lūsit | lūsimus | lūsistis | lūsērunt, lūsēre | |
| pluperfect | lūseram | lūserās | lūserat | lūserāmus | lūserātis | lūserant | |
| future perfect | lūserō | lūseris | lūserit | lūserimus | lūseritis | lūserint | |
| passive | present | lūdor | lūderis, lūdere | lūditur | lūdimur | lūdiminī | lūduntur |
| imperfect | lūdēbar | lūdēbāris, lūdēbāre | lūdēbātur | lūdēbāmur | lūdēbāminī | lūdēbantur | |
| future | lūdar | lūdēris, lūdēre | lūdētur | lūdēmur | lūdēminī | lūdentur | |
| perfect | lūsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | lūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | lūsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lūdam | lūdās | lūdat | lūdāmus | lūdātis | lūdant |
| imperfect | lūderem | lūderēs | lūderet | lūderēmus | lūderētis | lūderent | |
| perfect | lūserim | lūserīs | lūserit | lūserīmus | lūserītis | lūserint | |
| pluperfect | lūsissem | lūsissēs | lūsisset | lūsissēmus | lūsissētis | lūsissent | |
| passive | present | lūdar | lūdāris, lūdāre | lūdātur | lūdāmur | lūdāminī | lūdantur |
| imperfect | lūderer | lūderēris, lūderēre | lūderētur | lūderēmur | lūderēminī | lūderentur | |
| perfect | lūsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | lūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | lūde | — | — | lūdite | — |
| future | — | lūditō | lūditō | — | lūditōte | lūduntō | |
| passive | present | — | lūdere | — | — | lūdiminī | — |
| future | — | lūditor | lūditor | — | — | lūduntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | lūdere | lūsisse | lūsūrum esse | lūdī | lūsum esse | lūsum īrī | |
| participles | lūdēns | — | lūsūrus | — | lūsus | lūdendus, lūdundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| lūdendī | lūdendō | lūdendum | lūdendō | lūsum | lūsū | ||
Derived terms
- ablūdō
- allūdō
- antelūdium
- collūdō
- dēlūdō
- ēlūdō
- illūdō
- interlūdō
- lūdibundus
- lūdicer
- lūdiō
- lūdius
- lūdus
- lūsiō
- lūsor
- lūsus
- oblūdō
- perlūdō
- praelūdō
- prōlūdō
- relūdō
Descendants
- English: Ludo, ludicrous
- Esperanto: ludi
- Spanish: luir, ludir
- French: ludique
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lūdō m
- dative/ablative singular of lūdus
References
- “ludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ludo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem
- (ambiguous) performances in the circus; theatrical perfomances: ludi circenses, scaenici
- (ambiguous) sumptuous public games: ludi apparatissimi
- (ambiguous) the Olympian, Pythian games: ludi Olympia (not ludi Olympici), Pythia
- (ambiguous) gymnastic contests: ludi gymnici
- to make sport of, rally a person: ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lûːdo/
- Hyphenation: lu‧do
Adverb
lȗdo (Cyrillic spelling лу̑до)
- crazily, insanely
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈludo/ [ˈlu.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: lu‧do
Noun
ludo m (uncountable)
- (South America) Ludo
- Synonym: parchís
Verb
ludo
- first-person singular present indicative of ludir
Further reading
- “ludo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014