ludius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From lūdus (“stage-play, show, performance”) + -ius, from the same root as lūdō (“to play”). Compare lūdiō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.di.us/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.di.us/, [ˈluːd̪ius]
Noun edit
lūdius m (genitive lūdiī or lūdī, feminine lūdia); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lūdius | lūdiī |
| Genitive | lūdiī lūdī1 |
lūdiōrum |
| Dative | lūdiō | lūdiīs |
| Accusative | lūdium | lūdiōs |
| Ablative | lūdiō | lūdiīs |
| Vocative | lūdie | lūdiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References edit
- “ludius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ludius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ludius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ludius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray