(verb) : dē-lūdo, si, sum, 3 (
* Arch. inf. pass. deludier, Ter. And. 1, 2, 32)
* To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude.
* Prop. (rare, but class.), Ter. l. l. in hac re me deludier: deludi vosmet ipsos diutius a tribuno plebis patiemini?Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 79: me dolis,Ter. Andr. 3, 4, 4: animum hoc uno responso (Apollo),Verg. A. 6, 344: corvum hiantem, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 56: amantem,Ov. Am. 2, 19, 33 al.—Absol.: nihil agere atque deludere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.
* To play through, to leave off playing: gladiatores cum deluserunt, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202.

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