LAT
eludo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : ē-lūdo, si, sum, 3, and
* A. *
* Neutr., to finish play, i. e. cease to sport or roll: ipsum autem mare sic terram appetens litoribus eludit, ut, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100 (Bait. cludit): solebat Aquilius litus ita definire, qua fluctus eluderet,id. Top. 7, 31 (al. alluderet); cf. Quint. 5, 14, 34: eludere proprie gladiatorum est cum vicerint, et eludere est finem ludo imponere, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10.
* Act.
* To win from one at play (very rare).—Constr. aliquem or aliquem aliquid: anulus, Quem parasitus hic te elusit,Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31; cf.: elusi militem in alea,id. ib. 11.— Poet., with dat.: tibi victrices ... Eludet palmas una puella tuas,will snatch away from you,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 140.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. in the transf. sense)
* A gladiator's t. t., to elude or parry an enemy's blow: callidus emissas eludere simius hastas,Mart. 14, 202: caestus cito motu,Manil. 5, 163; cf. absol.: quasi rudibus ejus eludit oratio,Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17. —Poet.: vulnera,to make in vain,Ov. M. 12, 104.
* Transf., to delude, deceive, cheat, frustrate.
* In gen.: aliquem,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109; Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 45; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14; id. Sest. 43 fin.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 1; Liv. 22, 18; 36, 45; 44, 36; Verg. A. 11, 695; Hor. S. 1, 10, 41; id. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Tib. 2, 1, 19 et saep.; cf. absol., Cic. Pis. 33, 82: manus scrutantium,Petr. 97, 4: bellum quiete, quietem bello,Liv. 2, 48; cf. pugnam,id. 27, 18: bellum metu,Tac. A. 2, 52: fidem miraculis,Liv. 26, 19: ultionem praevaricando,Tac. A. 14, 41: indicia seditionis,i. e. to invalidate,id. H. 1, 26 et saep.
* In partic., with the accessory notion of mockery, to mock, jeer, banter, make sport of: et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis,Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: aliquem,id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; 14; Liv. 7, 13; Tac. A. 6, 46; 16, 28 et saep.; cf. absol.: eludet, ubi te victum senserit,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 1, 48; 2, 45; Tac. A. 2, 79 et saep.: gloriam alicujus (opp. extollere suam),Liv. 28, 44 fin.: aliquid,id. 1, 36; 6, 41; 9, 2 et saep.
* A. *
* Neutr., to finish play, i. e. cease to sport or roll: ipsum autem mare sic terram appetens litoribus eludit, ut, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100 (Bait. cludit): solebat Aquilius litus ita definire, qua fluctus eluderet,id. Top. 7, 31 (al. alluderet); cf. Quint. 5, 14, 34: eludere proprie gladiatorum est cum vicerint, et eludere est finem ludo imponere, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10.
* Act.
* To win from one at play (very rare).—Constr. aliquem or aliquem aliquid: anulus, Quem parasitus hic te elusit,Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31; cf.: elusi militem in alea,id. ib. 11.— Poet., with dat.: tibi victrices ... Eludet palmas una puella tuas,will snatch away from you,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 140.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. in the transf. sense)
* A gladiator's t. t., to elude or parry an enemy's blow: callidus emissas eludere simius hastas,Mart. 14, 202: caestus cito motu,Manil. 5, 163; cf. absol.: quasi rudibus ejus eludit oratio,Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17. —Poet.: vulnera,to make in vain,Ov. M. 12, 104.
* Transf., to delude, deceive, cheat, frustrate.
* In gen.: aliquem,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109; Ter. Ph. 5, 6, 45; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14; id. Sest. 43 fin.; * Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 1; Liv. 22, 18; 36, 45; 44, 36; Verg. A. 11, 695; Hor. S. 1, 10, 41; id. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Tib. 2, 1, 19 et saep.; cf. absol., Cic. Pis. 33, 82: manus scrutantium,Petr. 97, 4: bellum quiete, quietem bello,Liv. 2, 48; cf. pugnam,id. 27, 18: bellum metu,Tac. A. 2, 52: fidem miraculis,Liv. 26, 19: ultionem praevaricando,Tac. A. 14, 41: indicia seditionis,i. e. to invalidate,id. H. 1, 26 et saep.
* In partic., with the accessory notion of mockery, to mock, jeer, banter, make sport of: et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis,Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123: aliquem,id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; 14; Liv. 7, 13; Tac. A. 6, 46; 16, 28 et saep.; cf. absol.: eludet, ubi te victum senserit,Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 10; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 1, 48; 2, 45; Tac. A. 2, 79 et saep.: gloriam alicujus (opp. extollere suam),Liv. 28, 44 fin.: aliquid,id. 1, 36; 6, 41; 9, 2 et saep.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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