ludere

Danish

Alternative forms

• luddere

Noun

ludere c

1. indefinite plural of luder

Italian

Etymology

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin lūdere (“to play”), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.de.re/
• Rhymes: -udere
• Hyphenation: lù‧de‧re

Verb

lùdere (no first-person singular present, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative) (intransitive, obsolete)

1. to play
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, page 534, lines 10–12:

     Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude

     Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses

Conjugation

• The verb is only attested in the third-person present indicative (lude).

    Conjugation of lùdere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	lùdere
auxiliary verb		—	gerund		—
present participle		—	past participle		—
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	lùde	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	—	—	—	—	—	—
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• ludibrio
• ludico
• ludicro
• ludo
• lusorio

Latin

Verb

lūdēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of lūdō

Verb

lūdere

1. inflection of lūdō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative