eludo

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlu.do/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Hyphenation: e‧lù‧do

Verb

eludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eludere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *eksloidō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation

  1. (intransitive, rare) to finish play, cease to sport
  2. (transitive, by extension) to deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
    Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, fraudō, dēstituō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō
  3. (transitive, by extension) to escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil
    Synonyms: ēvādō, vītō, ēvītō, refugiō, dētrectō, exeō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, fugiō
    Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō
    • 59 BC–AD 17, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 2.48.6:
      Legiōnibus Rōmānīs cēdēbant in urbem; ubi abductās sēnserant legiōnēs, agrōs incursābant, bellum quiēte quiētem bellō in vicem ēlūdentēs.
      They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.
  4. (transitive, by extension) to mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of
    Synonyms: lūdificō, rīdeō, trādūcō
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 57.1:
      Cēterum Ascyltos, intemperantis licentiae, cum omnia sublātīs manibus ēlūderet et ūsque ad lacrimās rīderet,
      When Ascylos, of an immoderate boldness, was making fun of everything and was laughing to the point of tears,
  5. (transitive, in gladiators' terminology) to elude or parry an enemy's blow
    • c. 30 CE, Manilius, Astronomica 5.162–163:
      Ille prius victor stadiō quam missus abibīt;
      ille citō mōtū rigidōs ēlūdere caestūs,
      One will be winner in the footrace before he is given the signal to start;
      the other can parry the hard boxing-gloves with a quick move,

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: eludir
  • English: elude
  • French: éluder
  • Italian: eludere
  • Portuguese: eludir
  • Spanish: eludir

References

  • eludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eludo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • eludo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere

Portuguese

Verb

eludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈludo/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: e‧lu‧do

Verb

eludo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of eludir