lūdō

   lūdō sī, sus, ere    [LVD-], to play, play at a game : tesseris, T.: aleā ludere: pilā et duodecim scriptis: trocho, H.: positā luditur arcā, with his cash-box staked , Iu.: alea: par impar, H.: proelia latronum, O.: scriptae, quibus alea luditur, artes, O.— To play, appear in a public game : ludis circensibus elephantos lusisse..L.— To play, sport, frisk, frolic : honesta exempla ludendi: in numerum, dance , V.: in exiguo cymba lacu, O.— Fig., to sport, play, practise as a pastime, do for amusement : illa ipsa ludens conieci in communīs locos: Syracosio ludere versu, V.— To play, make music, compose : quae vellem calamo agresti, V.: Talia luduntur mense Decembri, O.: carmina, V. — To sport, dally, wanton : Lusisti satis, H.— To play, mock, mimic, take off : opus, imitate serious business in sport , H.— To make game of, ridicule, rally, banter : eum lusi iocose satis: omnium inrisione ludi: an prudens ludis me? H.: caput aselli, Ad quod ludebant, Iu.— To delude, deceive : me, T.: non ludo, am in earnest , H.: natum falsis imaginibus, V.: hoc civili bello, quam multa (haruspicum responsa) luserunt, i. e. gave deceptive responses.—To baffle, elude : (canes) sequentīs, O.

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ludere, lusi, lusus V

play, mock, tease, trick