ludius
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom lūdus (“stage-play, show, performance”) + -ius, from the same root as lūdō (“to play”). Compare lūdiō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈluː.di.us/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.di.us/, [ˈluːd̪ius]
Noun
editlūdius m (genitive lūdiī or lūdī, feminine lūdia); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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).
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
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