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ludere

ludere is a Latin form of ludo, meaning “play; mock, make fun of; deceive”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 87 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Philippicae 2.56: … in suos? sed omitto ceteros: Licinium lenticulam de alea condemnatum, conlusorem suum, restituit, quasi vero ludere cum condemnato non liceret, sed ut quod in alea perdiderat beneficio legis dissolveret. quam attulisti ration …

Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.368: Ludere: ludendo saepe paratur amor.

All forms of ludo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.