Italian

Verb

eludo

1. first-person singular present indicative of eludere

Anagrams

• duole

Latin

Etymology

From ex- ‎(“out of”) +‎ lūdō ‎(“play; trick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈluː.doː/

Verb

ēlūdō ‎(present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive) I finish play, cease to sport.
2. (transitive, by extension) I deceive, trick, fool, cheat, frustrate, delude.
3. (transitive, by extension) I escape, avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude, foil.
4. (transitive, by extension) I mock, jeer, banter, ridicule, make sport of.
5. (transitive, in gladiators' terminology) I elude or parry an enemy's blow.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ēlūsiō
• ēlūsus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• eludo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• eludo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eludo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fool a person thoroughly: omnibus artibus aliquem ludificari, eludere
    

Spanish

Verb

eludo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of eludir.