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Ludo

Ludo

See also: ludo and Ľudo

English

Noun

Ludo

  1. a children's board game in which tokens are moved round a board
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of Ludovic.

Proper noun

Ludo

  1. A nickname short for Ludovic

Anagrams

ludo

ludo

See also: Ludo and Ľudo

English

Noun

ludo (plural ludos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ludo

Anagrams


Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lūdus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈdo/

Noun

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

  1. game

Derived terms


Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ludo, from Latin lūdus.

Noun

ludo (plural ludi)

  1. game

Derived terms


Italian

Etymology

Latin lūdus

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -udo

Noun

ludo m (plural ludi)

  1. game, sport
  2. pastime

Latin

Etymology

Along with lūdus (game), it is either from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (to play) or from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. I play (a game or sport).
  2. I frolic, behave playfully.
  3. I practice, amuse myself with.
  4. I sport, play amorously.
  5. I mock, mimic.
  6. I tease, ridicule.
  7. I deceive, trick.

Inflection

   Conjugation of ludo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūdō lūdis lūdit lūdimus lūditis lūdunt
imperfect lūdēbam lūdēbās lūdēbat lūdēbāmus lūdēbātis lūdēbant
future lūdam lūdēs lūdet lūdēmus lūdētis lūdent
perfect lūsī lūsistī lūsit lūsimus lūsistis lūsērunt, lūsēre
pluperfect lūseram lūserās lūserat lūserāmus lūserātis lūserant
future perfect lūserō lūseris lūserit lūserimus lūseritis lūserint
passive present lūdor lūderis, lūdere lūditur lūdimur lūdiminī lūduntur
imperfect lūdēbar lūdēbāris, lūdēbāre lūdēbātur lūdēbāmur lūdēbāminī lūdēbantur
future lūdar lūdēris, lūdēre lūdētur lūdēmur lūdēminī lūdentur
perfect lūsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lūsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lūsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūdam lūdās lūdat lūdāmus lūdātis lūdant
imperfect lūderem lūderēs lūderet lūderēmus lūderētis lūderent
perfect lūserim lūserīs lūserit lūserīmus lūserītis lūserint
pluperfect lūsissem lūsissēs lūsisset lūsissēmus lūsissētis lūsissent
passive present lūdar lūdāris, lūdāre lūdātur lūdāmur lūdāminī lūdantur
imperfect lūderer lūderēris, lūderēre lūderētur lūderēmur lūderēminī lūderentur
perfect lūsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lūsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lūde lūdite
future lūditō lūditō lūditōte lūduntō
passive present lūdere lūdiminī
future lūditor lūditor lūduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lūdere lūsisse lūsūrus esse lūdī lūsus esse lūsum īrī
participles lūdēns lūsūrus lūsus lūdendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
lūdere lūdendī lūdendō lūdendum lūsum lūsū

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

lūdō m

  1. dative singular of lūdus
  2. ablative singular of lūdus

References

  • 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
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ludo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

lȗdo (Cyrillic spelling лу̑до)

  1. crazy, insanely

Spanish

Verb

ludo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ludir.