ludere

• luddere

ludere c

1. plural indefinite of luder

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin lūdere, present active infinitive of lūdō (“I play”), of disputed origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.de.re/, [ˈl̺uːd̪er̺e]
• Rhymes: -udere
• Stress: lùdere
• Hyphenation: lu‧de‧re

ludere (obsolete)

1. to play
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, lines 10–12, page 534:

     Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude

     Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses

• The verb is only attested in the third-person present indicative (lude)[1].

• ludibrio
• ludico
• ludicro
• ludo
• lusorio

lūdēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of lūdō

lūdere

1. present active infinitive of lūdō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of lūdō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of lūdō