LUD 
LUD 
LUD 
iem reipublic®. Cic. Cato verbis lucu- 
lentioribus, et pluribus rein eandem 
comprehenderat. Id. Fimbria habitus 
est sane, ut ita dicam, luculentus pa- 
tronus. Plin. Ep. Erudita et Juculenta 
materia. — Also, signal, illustrious, bril¬ 
liant, notable. Plant. Vin’ tu facinus 
luculentum inspicere ? Id.fragm. Pul- 
crum et luculentum prcelium. Plane. 
ad Cic. Tironum vel luculentissima ex 
omnibus una (legio), h. e. firmissima. 
— Also, fortunate, prosperous, auspicious. 
Plant. Mihi hunc diem dedistis lucu¬ 
lentum ! — Also, great, conspicuous. 
Cic. Luculentam tamen ipse plagam 
accepit, ut declarat cicatrix (unless it 
be splendid, glorious, ironically.) — Also, 
Cic. Navigia luculenta, h. e. large, and 
also well-equipped and goodly. — Also, 
worthy of credit, credible, respectable, 
trustworthy, sure. Cic. De duabus Iegio- 
mbus luculentos auctores esse dicebat. 
LCCOLLOS, i, m. a Roman family name ; 
for instance, L. Licinius Lucullus, who 
commanded in the war against Mithri- 
dates. Cic. has much to say of him in 
the beginning of lib. 4 (2), Acad. - 
IT Hence, Lucullanus, a, urn, adj. of or 
pertaining to Lucullus, Lucullan. Fron- 
tin. ager. — Also, Luculleus, a, um, 
adj. Lucullan, pertaining to Lucullus, 
named or derived from or invented by Lu 
callus. Sueton. lance®. Plin. mar- 
mor. — Also, Lucullianus, a, um, adj. 
Lucullan, of or pertaining to Lucullus, 
named from Lucullus. Tacit, and Site- 
ton. 
LOCSLDS (dimin. from lucus), i, m. t 
small grove. Sueton. 
L0C8M8, L0C5M5, and, by syncope 
L0CM5 (an Etrurian word), onis, m. 
according to Fest. certain persons were 
called Luumones, ob insaniam, as being 
mad or possessed. Serv. says that Tlius- 
cia had twelve Lucumones or kings. 
These may have been from a caste of 
martial priests, constituting the gran¬ 
dees or heads of Etruria.-- TT Also, 
an Etrurian. Serv. — Hence, Lucumd- 
nius, a, uni, adj. Propcrt. 4, 2, 51. 
Sociis venit Lucumonius armis, the 
Etrurian; where others read Lucome- 
dius, which, perhaps, means the same. 
-IT Noin. Propr. the son of Damara- 
lus, who became king of Rome, under the 
name of Tarquinius Priscus. Liv. 
I .GOONS, tis, f. a sort of baked food. Varr. 
o ap. Non. -IT Dimin. Lucunculus, i, 
r a P’ -Won. and Apul. 
HUGOS (unc.), i, m. a wood or thicket of 
trees consecrated to some deity ; a sacred 
grove, <TA<ros. Tibull. Nemora in do- 
mibus sacros imitantia lucos. Cic. Vos, 
Albani tumuli atque luci, imploro.- 
il Also, a wood in general. Virg. Aut 
quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos. 
7 By synecdoche, for wood. Plant. 
jragm. Sine luco, auro, ebore, &c.- 
Lucus was, also, the name of several 
ItZTn ( P 0,n P ai 'e Lucensis.) 
o (morns), ®, f. an actress, especially 
<nit that danced upon the stare; a female 
stage-dancer. Martial. -if Also, in la- 
j X inies, the wife of a gladiator (Iudius). 
Juvenal. 
ql D J? Rr0S5 ( la <!ibriosus), adv. full of 
oc ery and derision, with scorn, deri- 
Ammian. ’ 
LODIllRiosoS (ludibrium), a, 
um, adj. 
sarcastic, re- 
M of mockery and scorn, 
limnnyk , s f orn M- Cell.' 
hriiiTYi 0 U( i°; or ludus, as manu- 
■ ^ 10m manus), ii n. a mocking, 
mZ n ’e SCoff \ i est ’ *P°rt which one 
?ihrin r an0ther - Metdl - ad Cic. Lu- 
ludihri, al f lquetn llad ere. Cic. Ille h®c 
Plam a / or ? an ® sua quidem putavit. 
iest nr m rae habuisti, made a 
brin? r r C,£ °/ me - Tere ’*- Earn ludi- 
with. ‘ Cic l ’irn «- W , bc . n ' >u ? ed ’ V^yed foul 
um nnmiii n stl . ,udlbno esse imperi- 
moc kenj Li™*0^.**™* “ SP ° rt ° T 
casu ^ ediderit 
too fate makes ■ 
Quoque ludibrium 
iortuna, this misfortune 
rision of me ~ Z 03 ?/ in dr - 
ventis in . ’ ^orat. Debere ludibria 
of thXtd?°^/zr Jf to he ! he sport 
in it- stock T Also, a mock, laugh- 
serve, f' P „ 0r . t ’ t de nsion, h. e. that which 
‘sab Tarnnif--'’ or Vastime. Liv. 
qumus ductus Delphos, ludi- 
G4 
brium verius, quam comes. Virg. Ne 
turbata volent rapidis ludibria ventis. 
LuDIBuNDOS (ludo), a, um, adj .full of 
play, in play or sport, playful, playsome, 
gamesome, wanton, sportive, gay, merry. 
Liv. Milites per lasciviam ac jocum ita 
ludibundi Beneventum rediere, ut ab 
epulis reverti viderentur. Cic. Austro 
lenissimo in Italiam ludibundi perveni- 
mus, we reached Italy in high spirits, 
Oell. Quum oculos ejus ludibundos, 
atque illecebr® plenos videret. -1 
IT Also, playing, sporting, h. e. without 
trouble. Cic. Omuia ludibundus con- 
ficies. 
LuDICkR (ludus), or LuDICROS [nei¬ 
ther of which actually occurs], era, 
crum, adj. serving for sport, play or pas¬ 
time, done in sport, for pleasure, sportive, 
jocular, naiyvubSris■ Cic. Pueri exerci- 
tatione ludicra delectantur. Sencc. Lu- 
dicr® artes sunt, qu® ad voluptatem 
oculorum atque aurium tendunt. Cic. 
Ludicra ars armorum, li. e. fencing. Id. 
Quasi clarorum virorum esse oporteat 
ludicros sermones. Tacit. Nox solem- 
nibus epulis ludicra, h. e. per ludum et 
hilaritatem acta. Gell. historia, pleas¬ 
ant, amusing. Horat. Versus et cetera 
ludicra pono, pleasant or sportive things, 
toys. Plant. Cor meum ccepit artem 
facere ludicram, h. e. to move about and 
gesticulate, as -it—were, like a stage- 
player (ludio); for ars ludicra has refer¬ 
ence here to the art of an. actor. (See 
Liv. 7. 2.) — Hence, Ludicrum, i, n. a 
show, exhibition, games; a pastime, diver¬ 
sion. Liv. Olympiorum solemne ludi 
crum. Plin. Coron® ludicro qussit®, 
h. e. won in contests at the public games. 
Catull. Quos Hamadryades de® ludi¬ 
crum sibi nutriunt, an amusement, pus¬ 
time, diversion. Justin. Vario ludicro- 
rum genere contendere, of contests at 
the Olympic games. — The adj. also 
signifies belonging to a show or games, 
theatrical, histrionic. Tacit. Cithara lu 
dicrum in modum canere, after the man¬ 
ner of players. 
LuDTCRe fludicer, or ludicrus), ad v.play- 
3 fully, wantonly, sportively, in play. Enn. 
ap. Non. Ludicre jactant saxa. 
LODYCRSR (Id.), aris, dep. 1. to joke, 
jest, sport. Antonin, ap. Fronton. ' 
LUDICRUS. See Ludicer. 
LuDIFACIS (ludus & facio), heis, eci, 
3 actum, a. 3. same as Ludifico. Plant. 
LuDIFICaBILIS (ludifico), e, adj. with 
which one makes game of another. Plant. 
Hie intus fiunt ludi ludificabiles seni 
nostro. 
LuDIFICaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a making 
sport or game of one; a mocking, de¬ 
ceiving, vexing. Cic. Cum omni mora, 
ludificatione, calumnia Senatus aucto- 
ritas impediretur. Liv. Exacta testate 
per ludificationem hostis. Id. Ea ludi- 
ficatio veri et ipsa in verum vertit, 
turning into ridicule. 
LuDIFICaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a mocker, 
3 cozener, deceiver. Plaut. 
LuDIFICaTOS (Id.), us, m. a mocking, 
3 derision, mockery. Plaut. Turn profec- 
to me sibi habento scurr® ludificatui, 
h. e. make sport or game, of me. 
LuDIFICS (ludus & facio), as, avi, at.um, 
a. and n. 1. same as Ludificor, to mock, 
deceive, make sport of, make a .fool of, 
make game of, chouse, cozen, xf/cvSouai. 
Plaut. Qui herum ludificas dictis fleli- 
rantibus. Sallust. Pacis mora consu- 
lem ludificare. Cic. Si diutiusludifica- 
re videatur. Plaut. Cujus ego hie lu- 
dificabo corium, si vivo, probe, h. e. 
will make fine game of his back; will 
cudgel him soundly, trounce him to some 
purpose. — Passively. Plaut.- Abeo ab 
ill is postquam video me sic ludificarier. 
Sallust. Ludificati incerto prmlio. 
LuDIFICSR (Id.), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to mock, make game of, turn to ridicule, 
deceive, ipcvSoyai. Cic. Aperte ludifi 
cari et calumniari. Plaut. Lepide lu- 
dificari aliquem. Tcrent. Ludificatus 
est virginem, wronged., abused. Plin. Ep. 
Terrificis vaticinationibus et sua et 
aliena mala ludificabantur, h. c. pejora 
vaticinando veluti illudebant, fallebant- 
que. ——— IT Figur. to make sport or game 
of j to evade, elude, thwart or frustrate 
by all manner of arts and tricks. Liv. 
505 
Edicto summotis ab hasta, qui ludifica. 
ti priorem locationem erarit. Id. Ar¬ 
chimedes ea, qu® liostes ingenti mole 
agerent, ipse jierlevi momenta ludifica- 
retur. Tacit. Hostis irrituni fessum- 
que Romanum impune lndificabatur. 
Val. Max. Fabius Annibalis vim salu- 
berrimis curictationibus pugn® ludifi- 
cans. 
LuDIMXGISTiiR, or LuDI MXGISTkR, 
stri, m. a schoolmaster, ypapparoStdda- 
Ka\i>s, ypapparioTris. Cic. 
L0DI5, onis, m. same as Ludi.us. Liv. 
LuIlIOS (it seems to be allied with ludo), 
ii, in. a player, actor, especially one who 
dances at the same time or expresses 
every thing by gestures, a stage-dancer, 
. or, also, pantomime. Cic. —- U After¬ 
wards, the same as gladiator ; a gladia¬ 
tor. Juvenal. 
LuD5 (unc.), is, usi, usum, n. and a. 3. 
. to play at some sport for pastime, irai^w. 
Cic. Vel in foro alea ludere, to play at. 
dice. Id. Pila bene, et duodecim scrip¬ 
ts ludere. Terait. tesseris. Horat. 
trocho. Martial, nucibus. — With a 
prepos. Pandect, in alea. Id. in pecu- 
niam, for money. —With accus. Ovid. 
^roslia latrorium, to play at chess. Suc- 
ton. aleam, at dice. Horat. par impar. 
Id. opus, to play child’s plays. Hence, 
Ovid. Alea ( nomin.) luditur, is played. 
— Figur. Plant. Solere illanc ®latem 
tali ludo ludere. Tcrent. Consimilem 
Juserat ille ludum, had played a like 
game. — It is also used of the contests 
at public shows. Liv. Ludis Circensi- 
bus elephantos lusisse.-IT Also, to 
play, sport, make pastime, trifle, wanton. 
Cic. Suppeditant et campus noster et 
studia venandi honesta exempla luden- 
di. Horat. Ludere qui nescit, campes- 
tribus abstinet armis. Ovid. Nec nisi 
lusura inovimus arma manu, to play, fur 
sport. Virg. In numerum ludere, to 
dance. Ovid. Ludere nitida pal®stra. 
Terent. Congrum in aqua sinito ludere, 
to play, wanton, or sport in the water. — 
Figur. Ovid. Audet in exiguo ludere 
cymba lacu, to disport, run sportively 
along. Virg. Jubffi ludunt, play,flutter. 
Claudian. Ludunt per c®rula flamm®. 
— Also, of sensual love. Horat. Lude¬ 
re. Propert. Ludere in aliqua. - 
IT Also, to exercise one’s self in any thing 
sportfully or for pastime, amuse one’s 
self with, occupy one’s self with; often of 
studies, especially of a lighter sort. Cic. 
Ilia ipsa ludens conjeci in communes 
locos. Catull. Ludebat numero modo 
hoc, modo illo. Virg. Versibus in- 
comptis ludunt. —Willi accus., to exer¬ 
cise one’s self in for pleasure, amuse one’s 
self with, practise as a pastime, play. 
Virg. Carmina qui lusi pastorum, amus¬ 
ed myself with, recited, sung. Ovid. Ni- 
liacis carmina lusa modis. Martial. 
Festa coronatus ludet convicia miles, 
launch in sport or to amuse himself, in¬ 
dulge in, play off. Ovid. Talia luduntur 
mense decembris, are sur.g in sport. 
Martial. Ludere pericula, h. c. pericula 
per ludum experiri, try or engage in for 
sport. Calp. causas, to exercise one’s 
self publicly in pleading causes or in man¬ 
aging public affairs. -IT Also, to spend 
in play or amusement, sport away. Mar¬ 
tial. Perundastuta luditis otiiim Cari¬ 
na. — So, Plaut.. Ludere operam, to 
throw his labor away, toil in vain. Te¬ 
rent. In illis opera luditur.-IT Also, 
to play, h. e. to represent in sport or jest, 
feign. Cic. Civem bonum Sudit, sports 
the good citizen. JJpul. Ludere magis- 
tratum fascibus purpuraque.-IT Al¬ 
so, to make sport of some person or thing, 
have one’s joke with him., make merry at. 
his expense, banter, jest, jeer. Cic. Do- 
mitius in Senatu lusit Appiuin colle- 
gam, propterea isse ad Ctesarem, ut ali¬ 
quem tribunatum auferret. Id. Euni 
lusi jocose satis. Id. H®c oratio ant 
nulla sit, necesse est, aut omnium irri- 
sione ludatur. Id. Pueris ludentes mi- 
namur, in jest. Terent. Cur non ludo 
hunc aliquantisper? banter him a little 7 
Id. Num ludis tu nunc me? areyou jeer 
mg me ? are you bantering me 7 — Also, 
to make game of, impose upon, chouse, 
trick, deceive. Virg. Seneetus falsa va- 
tem formidine ludit. Terent. Ludere 
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