LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

lūdia

lūdia f (genitive lūdiae, masculine lūdius)
Classical[ˈɫuː.di.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈluː.di.a]

Meaning

  1. an actress, a female dancer
  2. a gladiator's wife or mistress
    Hermes [gladiator], cura laborque ludiarumHermes [the gladiator] is the darling and heart-throb of the gladiators' women86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 5.24.10

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelūdialūdiae
genitivelūdiaelūdiārum
dativelūdiaelūdiīs
accusativelūdiamlūdiās
ablativelūdiālūdiīs
vocativelūdialūdiae

lūdĭa, ae, f. 1. ludius.
I. An actress, a female stage-dancer, Mart. 5, 25, 10.—
II. A female gladiator, a gladiator's wife or mistress: quid vidit, propter quod ludia dici Sustinuit, Juv. 6, 103: quae ludia sumpserit umquam hos habitus? id. 6, 266.

Origins

From lūdius (“gladiator; performer”) + -a (suffix forming feminine counterparts to masculine nouns), from the root of lūdus (“game, sport, play”) and lūdō (“to play, to appear in a public game”).

Quick answers

What does lūdia mean in Latin?
lūdia, a noun, means “an actress, a female dancer; a gladiator's wife or mistress”.
What is the genitive of lūdia?
The genitive singular is lūdiae. lūdia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce lūdia?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫuː.di.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈluː.di.a].