elusus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ēlūdō (“deceive; evade, elude; mock”).

Participle

ēlūsus (feminine ēlūsa, neuter ēlūsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. deceived, tricked, fooled, having been deceived
  2. escaped, avoided, evaded, eluded, having been evaded
  3. mocked, jeered, ridiculed, having been ridiculed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēlūsus ēlūsa ēlūsum ēlūsī ēlūsae ēlūsa
Genitive ēlūsī ēlūsae ēlūsī ēlūsōrum ēlūsārum ēlūsōrum
Dative ēlūsō ēlūsō ēlūsīs
Accusative ēlūsum ēlūsam ēlūsum ēlūsōs ēlūsās ēlūsa
Ablative ēlūsō ēlūsā ēlūsō ēlūsīs
Vocative ēlūse ēlūsa ēlūsum ēlūsī ēlūsae ēlūsa

References

  • “elusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “elusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • elusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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