adjective
lūsōrĭus
Meaning
- belonging to a player
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
for play
lūsōrius -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
lūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. lusor,
I. of or belonging to a player.
I. Lit.:
pila, a playing-ball, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 205: alveus cum tesseris, id. 37, 2, 6, § 13.—Hence, 2. Subst.: lūsōrĭum, ii, n., a place where shows of gladiators and wild beasts were given:
statuit sibi triclinium in summo lusorio, Lampr. Heliog. 25; Lact. Mort. Persecut. 21.—B. Used for pleasure; hence, as subst.: lūsōrĭa, ae, f. (sc. navis), a vessel for pleasure, yacht, Sen. Ben. 7, 20, 3; and, transf., any kind of light vessel, cutter:
lusoriis navibus discurrere flumen ultro citroque, with cruisers, Amm. 17, 2, 3.— Plur.: lusoriae, swift-sailing cruisers, cutters, Vop. Bonos. 15: de lusoriis Danubii, Cod. Th. 7, tit. 17.—II. Trop.
A. That serves for amusement or pastime, sportive:
quaestio, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 180: arma, Sen. Ep. 117, 25: spectaculum non fidele et lusorium, id. ib. 80, 2.—B. Transf., that is done or given in play; hence, empty, ineffectual, invalid, = irritus:
nomen, Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 3: lusorias minas alicui facere, Dig. 35, 3, 4: imperium, ib. 43, 8, 1.—Hence, adv.: lūsōrĭē, playfully, in sport, not in earnest, apparently: lusorie (causam) agens, Dig. 30, 1, 50, § 1.In English words that came into English from lūsōrĭus
- lusoriouslūsōrĭus