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* V. dep. n. and a. [id.] (inf. ludificarier, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 25), to make game, to mock; to make game of, make sport of, turn into ridicule; to delude, deceive.
* Lit.
* Neutr.: aperte ludificari et calumniari,to mock, ridicule,Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55.—With acc. of kindred signif.: nugas ludificabitur,will make game of you in trifles,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 80.
* Transf., to thwart, frustrate, by tricks or contrivances: locationem,Liv. 39. 44: ea, quae hostes agerent,id. 24, 34: rostra fuga,Flor. 2, 2, 8: hostis impune Romanum ludificabatur,Tac. A. 3, 21.—Pass. part.: ludificato incerto proelio,Sall. J. 50, 4.
* Trop.: Quojus ego hodie ludificabor corium, si vivo, probe,i. e. cut up, lash,Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 19 Lorenz.