verbthird conjugation
ēlūdō
ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum)
Classical[eːˈɫuː.doː]Ecclesiastical[eˈluː.do]
Meaning
- intransitiverareto finish play, cease to sport
- broadlytransitiveto deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
- broadlytransitiveto escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil
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They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.59 BCE – 17 CE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 2.48.6 - broadlytransitiveto mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of
[…]; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]
[…] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.13Cēterum 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, […]c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 57.1 - transitiveto elude or parry an enemy's blow
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, […]c. 30 CE, Manilius, Astronomica 5.162–163
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēlūdō | ēlūdēbam | ēlūdam | ēlūsī | ēlūseram | ēlūserō |
| 2nd sg. | ēlūdis | ēlūdēbās | ēlūdēs | ēlūsistī | ēlūserās | ēlūseris |
| 3rd sg. | ēlūdit | ēlūdēbat | ēlūdet | ēlūsit | ēlūserat | ēlūserit |
| 1st pl. | ēlūdimus | ēlūdēbāmus | ēlūdēmus | ēlūsimus | ēlūserāmus | ēlūserimus |
| 2nd pl. | ēlūditis | ēlūdēbātis | ēlūdētis | ēlūsistis | ēlūserātis | ēlūseritis |
| 3rd pl. | ēlūdunt | ēlūdēbant | ēlūdent | ēlūsērunt ēlūsēre | ēlūserant | ēlūserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēlūdam | ēlūderem | ēlūserim | ēlūsissem |
| 2nd sg. | ēlūdās | ēlūderēs | ēlūserīs | ēlūsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | ēlūdat | ēlūderet | ēlūserit | ēlūsisset |
| 1st pl. | ēlūdāmus | ēlūderēmus | ēlūserīmus | ēlūsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | ēlūdātis | ēlūderētis | ēlūserītis | ēlūsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | ēlūdant | ēlūderent | ēlūserint | ēlūsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēlūdor | ēlūdēbar | ēlūdar |
| 2nd sg. | ēlūderis ēlūdere | ēlūdēbāris ēlūdēbāre | ēlūdēris ēlūdēre |
| 3rd sg. | ēlūditur | ēlūdēbātur | ēlūdētur |
| 1st pl. | ēlūdimur | ēlūdēbāmur | ēlūdēmur |
| 2nd pl. | ēlūdiminī | ēlūdēbāminī | ēlūdēminī |
| 3rd pl. | ēlūduntur | ēlūdēbantur | ēlūdentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ēlūdar | ēlūderer |
| 2nd sg. | ēlūdāris ēlūdāre | ēlūderēris ēlūderēre |
| 3rd sg. | ēlūdātur | ēlūderētur |
| 1st pl. | ēlūdāmur | ēlūderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | ēlūdāminī | ēlūderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | ēlūdantur | ēlūderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ēlūde | ēlūdere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | ēlūdite | ēlūdiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | ēlūditō | ēlūditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | ēlūditō | ēlūditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | ēlūditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | ēlūduntō | ēlūduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ēlūdere | ēlūdī |
| perfect infinitive | ēlūsisse | ēlūsum esse |
| future infinitive | ēlūsūrum esse | ēlūsum īrī |
| present participle | ēlūdēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | ēlūsus ēlūsa, ēlūsā, ēlūsae, ēlūsam, ēlūsārum, ēlūsās, ēlūse, ēlūsīs, ēlūsō, ēlūsōrum, ēlūsōs |
| future participle | ēlūsūrus ēlūsūra, ēlūsūrā, ēlūsūrae, ēlūsūram, ēlūsūrārum, ēlūsūrās, ēlūsūre, ēlūsūrī, ēlūsūrīs, ēlūsūrō, ēlūsūrōrum, ēlūsūrōs, ēlūsūrum | ēlūdendus ēlūdundus, ēlūdenda, ēlūdendā, ēlūdendae, ēlūdendam, ēlūdendārum, ēlūdendās, ēlūdende, ēlūdendīs, ēlūdendōrum, ēlūdendōs |
gerundēlūdendī, ēlūdendō, ēlūdendumsupineēlūsum, ēlūsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
- to fool a person thoroughly.
ē-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n. and a.
I. *
I. Neutr., to finish play, i. e. cease to sport or roll:
ipsum autem mare sic terram appetens litoribus eludit, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100 (Bait. cludit): solebat Aquilius litus ita definire, qua fluctus eluderet, id. Top. 7, 31 (al. alluderet); cf. Quint. 5, 14, 34: eludere proprie gladiatorum est cum vicerint, et eludere est finem ludo imponere, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10.—II. Act.
A. To win from one at play (very rare).—Constr. aliquem or aliquem aliquid:
anulus, Quem parasitus hic te elusit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31; cf.: elusi militem in alea, id. ib. 11.— Poet., with dat.: tibi victrices ... Eludet palmas una puella tuas, will snatch away from you, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 140.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. in the transf. sense), B. A gladiator's t. t., to elude or parry an enemy's blow:
callidus emissas eludere simius hastas, Mart. 14, 202: caestus cito motu, Manil. 5, 163; cf. absol.: quasi rudibus ejus eludit oratio, Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17. —Poet.: vulnera, to make in vain, Ov. M. 12, 104.—2. Transf., to delude, deceive, cheat, frustrate.
a. In gen.:
aliquem, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109; Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 45; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14; id. Sest. 43 fin.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 1; Liv. 22, 18; 36, 45; 44, 36; Verg. A. 11, 695; Hor. S. 1, 10, 41; id. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Tib. 2, 1, 19 et saep.; cf. absol., Cic. Pis. 33, 82: manus scrutantium, Petr. 97, 4: bellum quiete, quietem bello, Liv. 2, 48; cf. pugnam, id. 27, 18: bellum metu, Tac. A. 2, 52: fidem miraculis, Liv. 26, 19: ultionem praevaricando, Tac. A. 14, 41: indicia seditionis, i. e. to invalidate, id. H. 1, 26 et saep.—b. In partic., with the accessory notion of mockery, to mock, jeer, banter, make sport of:
et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: aliquem, id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; 14; Liv. 7, 13; Tac. A. 6, 46; 16, 28 et saep.; cf. absol.: eludet, ubi te victum senserit, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 1, 48; 2, 45; Tac. A. 2, 79 et saep.: gloriam alicujus (opp. extollere suam), Liv. 28, 44 fin.: aliquid, id. 1, 36; 6, 41; 9, 2 et saep.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ē-lūdō sī, sus, ere,
to stop playing, cease to sport: litus, quā fluctus eluderet. — To parry, elude, avoid: quasi rudibus eius eludit oratio (i. e. in a sham fight): elusa volnera, O.—To escape, avoid, shun: celeritate navium nostros, Cs.: Orsilochum fugiens, V.: Satyros sequentīs, O.: contra eludere Poenus, avoided a fight, L.—To make vain, frustrate: bellum quiete, quietem bello, L.: his miraculis elusa fides, i. e. denied, L.—To delude, deceive, cheat: eludendi occasiost senes, T.: elusa imagine tauri Europa, O.: eludebas, cum, etc., you were making a pretence. — To mock, jeer, make sport of, trifle with, insult: quamdiu furor tuus nos eludet?: illum vicissim: per licentiam, L.: gloriam eius, L.: alqm contumeliis, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinēlūdō
Latin ex- Latin lūdō Latin ēlūdō From ex- (“out of”) + lūdō (“play; trick”).
Descendants
- Catalaneludir
- Englishelude
- Frenchéluder
- Italianeludere
- Portugueseeludir
- Spanisheludir