deludo Latin · revision 32198

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēlūdō''' (present infinitive dēlūdere, perfect active dēlūsī, supine dēlūsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Terence has the archaic passive infinitive ''dēlūdier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dē-|lūdō|t2=to play]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|lūdō]] to [[itc-pro|*loid-e/o-|t=to play]] and [[ine-pro|*loid-|t=to let go frequently, play]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[lt|léisti|t=to let]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is in Plautus: “what he gives, he doesn't give”, he plays false.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to make game of, play false, deceive or dupe;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short call it rare but classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Terence uses it of tricks played on someone, and Cicero asks the people whether they will let themselves be fooled any longer by a tribune.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro, quoted by Pliny the Elder, uses it of gladiators who have played out their bout.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it to mock, delude, cheat.^(Stelten 1995) English ''delude'' dates from about 1400.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a man who plays false.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of being tricked.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a people deceived by a tribune.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|delude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make game of, [[m|en|deceive]], [[m|en|dupe]], mock.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To play through, finish a bout.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlūsiō]]

+ * [[delusor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ludo|alt=lūdō]]

+ * [[en|delude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}