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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
- deceived, tricked, fooled, having been deceived
- escaped, avoided, evaded, eluded, having been evaded
- mocked, jeered, ridiculed, having been ridiculed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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.