ludius

Latin

Etymology

From lūdus (“stage-play, show, performance”) +‎ -ius, from the same root as lūdō (“to play”). Compare lūdiō.

Noun

lūdius m (genitive lūdiī or lūdī); second declension

  1. performer (on stage)
  2. gladiator (performer in the games)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūdius lūdiī
Genitive lūdiī
lūdī1		 lūdiōrum
Dative lūdiō lūdiīs
Accusative lūdium lūdiōs
Ablative lūdiō lūdiīs
Vocative lūdie lūdiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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References
  • “ludius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ludius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ludius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “ludius”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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