lusus

See also: lūšus

Latin

Etymology

From the perfect passive participle of lūdō (“play (a game, sport)”).

Pronunciation

Participle

lūsus (feminine lūsa, neuter lūsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. played (a game or sport), having been played.
  2. practiced, having been practiced.
  3. mocked, mimicked, having been mocked.
  4. teased, ridiculed, having been teased.
  5. deceived, tricked, having been deceived.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lūsus lūsa lūsum lūsī lūsae lūsa
Genitive lūsī lūsae lūsī lūsōrum lūsārum lūsōrum
Dative lūsō lūsō lūsīs
Accusative lūsum lūsam lūsum lūsōs lūsās lūsa
Ablative lūsō lūsā lūsō lūsīs
Vocative lūse lūsa lūsum lūsī lūsae lūsa

Noun

lūsus m (genitive lūsūs); fourth declension

  1. a playing, play, sport, game
    Synonyms: lūdus, iocus
  2. toying, dalliance
  3. jest, mockery, fun

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūsus lūsūs
Genitive lūsūs lūsuum
Dative lūsuī lūsibus
Accusative lūsum lūsūs
Ablative lūsū lūsibus
Vocative lūsus lūsūs

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.
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