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Latin
Etymology
From lūdus (“stage-play, show, performance”) + -iō, from lūdō (“to play”). Compare lūdius (“performer, pantomimist”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lūdiō m (genitive lūdiōnis); third declension
- a dancer, stage performer, pantomimist
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: λυδίων (ludíōn)
Noun
lūdiō
- dative/ablative singular of lūdius
References
- “ludio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ludio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ludio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.