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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈlu.do/
- Rhymes: -udo
- Hyphenation: e‧lù‧do
Verb
eludo
- first-person singular present indicative of eludere
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *eksloidō.
Pronunciation
Verb
ēlūdō (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation
- (intransitive, rare) to finish play, cease to sport
- (transitive, by extension) to deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude
- Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, fraudō, dēstituō, fallō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, ingannō, indūcō
- (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- They would retreate from the Roman legions in the city; when they sensed the legions to be withdrawn, they would raid the countryside, evading war by peace and peace, in turn, by war.
- (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,
- (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,
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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
- first-person singular present indicative of eludir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈludo/
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: e‧lu‧do
Verb
eludo
- first-person singular present indicative of eludir