eludo Latin · revision 31387

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *loid-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [eːˈɫuː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [eˈluː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ēlūdō''' (present infinitive ēlūdere, perfect active ēlūsī, supine ēlūsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ex-|t=out]] and [[m|la|lūdō|t=to play]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan derives ⟨lūdō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*loid-e/o-|t=to play]] and [[ine-pro|*loid-|t=to let go often, play]], cognate with [[grc|λίζει|tr=lízei|t=plays]] in Hesychius and [[lt|léisti|t=to let]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has the ring “that this parasite tricked you out of” in the ''Curculio'';^(OLD 2012) in Terence a slave sees his best chance to fool the old men.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to trick or fool, and to get something from someone by a trick.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to dodge or escape weapons or pursuers by a feint, as Caesar's Massilians who trusted in the speed of their ships, and in the gladiators' language to parry a blow;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) it is also to foil the expectations of others, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to parry an awkward remark, as Horace's Aristippus with the biting Cynic, to evade punishment or a law, and to frustrate hopes.^(OLD 2012) It is to mock or make game of, as Cicero's “you are laughed at by him and you laugh at him in turn”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cicero uses it once intransitively of the sea that “plays” on the shore.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) English ''elude'' in the 1530s first meant to delude or make a fool of.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a ring got by a trick.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of fooling the old men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of mockery and of the sea on the shore.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of escaping by speed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1530s – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|elude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|deceive|alt=Deceive]], trick, fool; to get by trickery.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To dodge, [[m|en|elude]], escape;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(gladiators)'' to parry; to foil.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To parry (a remark); to evade (punishment, a law); to frustrate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|mock]], ridicule.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To behave outrageously;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''(of the sea)'' to play on the shore.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ēlūsiō]]

+ * [[ēlūsor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ablūdō]]

+ * [[allūdō]]

+ * [[collūdō]]

+ * [[dēlūdō]]

+ * [[illūdo]]

+ * [[interlūdō]]

+ * [[lūdō]]

+ * [[praelūdō]]

+ * [[prōlūdō]]

+ * [[lūdus]]

+ * [[en|elude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}