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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈlu.do/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: e‧lù‧do

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eludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eludere

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *eksloidō.

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ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation

  1. (intransitive, rare) to finish play, cease to sport
  2. (transitive, by extension) to deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
    Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, fraudō, dēstituō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō
  3. (transitive, by extension) to escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil
    Synonyms: ēvādō, vītō, ēvītō, refugiō, dētrectō, exeō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, fugiō
    Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō
    • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 2.48.6:
      Legiōnibus Rōmānīs cēdēbant in urbem; ubi abductās sēnserant legiōnēs, agrōs incursābant, bellum quiēte quiētem bellō in vicem ēlūdentēs.
      They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.
  4. (transitive, by extension) to mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of
    Synonyms: lūdificō, rīdeō, trādūcō
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 57.1:
      Cēterum Ascyltos, intemperantis licentiae, cum omnia sublātīs manibus ēlūderet et ūsque ad lacrimās rīderet, []
      When Ascylos, of an immoderate boldness, was making fun of everything and was laughing to the point of tears, []
  5. (transitive, in gladiators' terminology) to elude or parry an enemy's blow
    • c. 30 CE, Manilius, Astronomica 5.162–163:
      Ille prius victor stadiō quam missus abibīt;
      ille citō mōtū rigidōs ēlūdere caestūs, []
      One will be winner in the footrace before he is given the signal to start;
      the other can parry the hard boxing-gloves with a quick move, []

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of ēlūdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ēlūdō ēlūdis ēlūdit ēlūdimus ēlūditis ēlūdunt
imperfect ēlūdēbam ēlūdēbās ēlūdēbat ēlūdēbāmus ēlūdēbātis ēlūdēbant
future ēlūdam ēlūdēs ēlūdet ēlūdēmus ēlūdētis ēlūdent
perfect ēlūsī ēlūsistī ēlūsit ēlūsimus ēlūsistis ēlūsērunt,
ēlūsēre
pluperfect ēlūseram ēlūserās ēlūserat ēlūserāmus ēlūserātis ēlūserant
future perfect ēlūserō ēlūseris ēlūserit ēlūserimus ēlūseritis ēlūserint
passive present ēlūdor ēlūderis,
ēlūdere
ēlūditur ēlūdimur ēlūdiminī ēlūduntur
imperfect ēlūdēbar ēlūdēbāris,
ēlūdēbāre
ēlūdēbātur ēlūdēbāmur ēlūdēbāminī ēlūdēbantur
future ēlūdar ēlūdēris,
ēlūdēre
ēlūdētur ēlūdēmur ēlūdēminī ēlūdentur
perfect ēlūsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ēlūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ēlūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ēlūdam ēlūdās ēlūdat ēlūdāmus ēlūdātis ēlūdant
imperfect ēlūderem ēlūderēs ēlūderet ēlūderēmus ēlūderētis ēlūderent
perfect ēlūserim ēlūserīs ēlūserit ēlūserīmus ēlūserītis ēlūserint
pluperfect ēlūsissem ēlūsissēs ēlūsisset ēlūsissēmus ēlūsissētis ēlūsissent
passive present ēlūdar ēlūdāris,
ēlūdāre
ēlūdātur ēlūdāmur ēlūdāminī ēlūdantur
imperfect ēlūderer ēlūderēris,
ēlūderēre
ēlūderētur ēlūderēmur ēlūderēminī ēlūderentur
perfect ēlūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ēlūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ēlūde ēlūdite
future ēlūditō ēlūditō ēlūditōte ēlūduntō
passive present ēlūdere ēlūdiminī
future ēlūditor ēlūditor ēlūduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ēlūdere ēlūsisse ēlūsūrum esse ēlūdī ēlūsum esse ēlūsum īrī
participles ēlūdēns ēlūsūrus ēlūsus ēlūdendus,
ēlūdundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ēlūdendī ēlūdendō ēlūdendum ēlūdendō ēlūsum ēlūsū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: eludir
  • English: elude
  • French: éluder
  • Italian: eludere
  • Portuguese: eludir
  • Spanish: eludir

References

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  • eludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eludo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere

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Verb

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eludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈludo/ [eˈlu.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: e‧lu‧do

Verb

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eludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir