See also: ludo-, Ludo, and Ľudo

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ludo (plural ludos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ludo

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Etymology

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From ludi (to play) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈludo]
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  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: lu‧do

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ludo (accusative singular ludon, plural ludoj, accusative plural ludojn)

  1. game

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Etymology

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From ludar (to play) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈludo/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧do

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ludo (plural ludi)

  1. playing, game
  2. gambling
    Synonym: ludrisko

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin lūdus.

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

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ludo m (plural ludi)

  1. game, sport
  2. pastime

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Italic *loidō, from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (to play), perhaps reduplicated present *lé-loyd-ti ~ *lé-lid-n̥ti through dissimilation.[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Ancient Greek λίζω (lízō, to play).

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lūdō (present infinitive lūdere, perfect active lūsī, supine lūsum); third conjugation

  1. to play (a game or sport)
    Synonym: iocōr
  2. to frolic, behave playfully
  3. to practice, amuse oneself with
  4. to sport, play amorously
  5. to mock, mimic
  6. to tease, ridicule
  7. to deceive, trick
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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “666”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 666
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “lūdus, -ī”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 368
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “lei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 402–403
  4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūdō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 350–351

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  • 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[2], 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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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lūdō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of lūdus

Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /lûːdo/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧do

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lȗdo (Cyrillic spelling лу̑до)

  1. crazily, insanely
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈludo/ [ˈlu.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: lu‧do

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Noun

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ludo m (uncountable)

  1. (South America) Ludo
    Synonym: parchís

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Verb

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ludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ludir

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