ludere

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Alternative forms

Noun

ludere c

  1. indefinite plural of luder

Italian

Etymology

A Dantean Latinism borrowed from Latin lūdere (“to play”), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.de.re/
  • Rhymes: -udere
  • Hyphenation: lù‧de‧re

Verb

lùdere (no first-person singular present, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative) (intransitive, obsolete)

  1. to play
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, page 534, lines 10–12:
      Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude
      Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses

Conjugation

  • The verb is only attested in the third-person present indicative (lude).
    Conjugation of lùdere (root-stressed -ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive lùdere
auxiliary verb — gerund —
present participle — past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — lùde — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Related terms

References

  1. ^ ludere on the Treccani online Enciclopedia Dantesca

Latin

Verb

lūdēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of lūdō

Verb

lūdere

  1. inflection of lūdō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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