eludo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈluː.doː/, [eːˈɫuː.doː]
Verb
ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation
- (intransitive) I finish play, cease to sport
- (transitive, by extension) I deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
- (transitive, by extension) I escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil
- (transitive, by extension) I mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of
- (transitive, in gladiators' terminology) I elude or parry an enemy's blow
Inflection
Derived terms
- ēlūsiō
- ēlūsus
Descendants
References
- eludo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eludo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eludo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
- to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈludo/, [eˈluðo]
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.