(verb) : illūdo (inl-), si, sum, 3 (acc. to the first conj. illudiabant, Gell. 1, 7, 3;
* Perf. subj. inlusseris, Cic. Lael. 26, 99 Bait., Lahm.), and a. [in-ludo].
* Neutr., to play at or with any thing, to sport with, amuse one's self with (syn. colludo; cf. ludificor).
* In gen. (very rare): illudo chartis,amuse myself with writing,Hor. S. 1, 4, 139: ima videbatur talis illudere palla,Tib. 3, 4, 35.
* Act. (in all the meanings of I.).
* To make sport or game of, to jest, mock, or jeer at, to ridicule (class.).
* With dat.: ut ne plane videaris hujus miseri fortunis et horum virorum talium dignitati illudere,Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 54: ut semper gaudes illudere rebus Humanis!Hor. S. 2, 8, 62: illudere capto,Verg. A. 2, 64: discrimini publico,Suet. Tib. 2: inlusit Neroni fortuna,Tac. A. 16, 1 init.; cf. id. ib. 15, 72 fin.
* To sport or fool away a thing, i. e. to destroy or waste in sport; in mal. part., to violate, abuse (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Absol.: illuseras heri inter scyphos, quod dixeram controversiam esse, etc.,Cic. Fam. 7, 22.
* With dat.: cui (frondi) Silvestres uri assidue capraeque sequaces Illudunt,Verg. G. 2, 375: pecuniae illudere,Tac. H. 2, 94 fin.: C. Caesar etiam matri ejus illusit,id. A. 15, 72: pueritiae Britannici,id. ib. 13, 17: feminarum illustrium capitibus,Suet. Tib. 45.
* Absol.: tum variae illudant pestes,Verg. G. 1, 181.
* In gen., to play at or with any thing (poet. and very rare): illusas auro vestes,i. e. lightly interwoven,Verg. G. 2, 464 (dub. al. inclusas); imitated by Avien. Perieg. 1258; cf. the periphrase: illusa pictae vestis inania, Prud. στεφ. 14, 104.
* In partic., pregn.
* To scoff or mock at, to make a laughing-stock of, to ridicule (so most freq.): satis superbe illuditis me,Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 22: ut is, qui illusus sit plus vidisse videatur. Quid autem turpius quam illudi?Cic. Lael. 26, 99: miseros,id. de Or. 2, 58, 237: illusi ac destituti,id. Quint. 16, 51: facetiis illusus,Tac. A. 15, 68: pergisne eam, Laeli, artem illudere, in qua primum excello ipse?Cic. Rep. 1, 13: artes,Ov. M. 9, 66: ipsa praecepta (rhetorum),Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87: illud nimium acumen (opp. admirari ingenium),id. ib. 1, 57, 243: voces Neronis, quoties caneret,Tac. A. 14, 52: verbis virtutem superbis, Verg. A. 9, 634.
* To destroy, ruin, violate, abuse (very rare): vitam filiae,Ter. And. 5, 1, 3: illusique pedes (i. e. crapulā) vitiosum ferre recusant Corpus, ruined, i. e. staggering, Hor. S. 2, 7, 108: corpus alicujus,Tac. A. 1, 71.

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