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Latin
Etymology
From the perfect passive participle of lūdō (“play (a game, sport)”).
Pronunciation
Participle
lūsus (feminine lūsa, neuter lūsum); first/second-declension participle
- played (a game or sport), having been played.
- practiced, having been practiced.
- mocked, mimicked, having been mocked.
- teased, ridiculed, having been teased.
- deceived, tricked, having been deceived.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
lūsus m (genitive lūsūs); fourth declension
- a playing, play, sport, game
- Synonyms: lūdus, iocus
- toying, dalliance
- jest, mockery, fun
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
References
- “lusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lusus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.