lusus

See also: lūšus

Latin

Etymology

From the perfect passive participle of lūdō (“play (a game, sport)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.sus/, [ˈɫ̪uːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.sus/, [ˈluːs̬us]

Participle

lūsus (feminine lūsa, neuter lūsum); first/second-declension participle

1. played (a game or sport), having been played.
2. practiced, having been practiced.
3. mocked, mimicked, having been mocked.
4. teased, ridiculed, having been teased.
5. deceived, tricked, having been deceived.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūsus	lūsa	lūsum		lūsī	lūsae	lūsa
Genitive	lūsī	lūsae	lūsī		lūsōrum	lūsārum	lūsōrum
Dative	lūsō		lūsō		lūsīs
Accusative	lūsum	lūsam	lūsum		lūsōs	lūsās	lūsa
Ablative	lūsō	lūsā	lūsō		lūsīs
Vocative	lūse	lūsa	lūsum		lūsī	lūsae	lūsa

Noun

lūsus m (genitive lūsūs); fourth declension

1. a playing, play, sport, game

   Synonyms: lūdus, iocus

2. toying, dalliance
3. jest, mockery, fun

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūsus	lūsūs
Genitive	lūsūs	lūsuum
Dative	lūsuī	lūsibus
Accusative	lūsum	lūsūs
Ablative	lūsū	lūsibus
Vocative	lūsus	lūsūs

Related terms

• lūdō
• lūdus

References

• “lusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lusus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.