ludifico Latin · revision 33191

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la lūdus, la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɫuːˈdɪ.fɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [luˈdiː.fi.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lūdificō''' (present infinitive lūdificāre, perfect active lūdificāvī, supine lūdificātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ There is also a deponent ''lūdificor''.^(TLL) Plautus has the archaic passive infinitive ''lūdificārier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lūdus|-ficō|t1=game, sport|t2=making]], “to make sport of”.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it often: in the ''Bacchides'' someone boasts how neatly he has fooled his master, and in the ''Captivi'' someone sees that he is being made a fool of.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Beside Plautus, Lewis & Short cite Lucretius, and Cicero has it once, used absolutely, of hiding and evading for a long time.^(Lewis & Short 1879) The ancient grammarians discussed whether the active or the deponent form was correct.^(TLL) From it come ''lūdificātiō'' and ''lūdificātus''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of making a fool of someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius has the verb.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of evading by delay.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make [[m|en|sport]] of, make a [[m|en|fool]] of, [[m|en|mock]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|delude]], deceive; used absolutely, to put off by evasion.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lūdificātiō]]

+ * [[lūdificātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lūdus]]

+ * [[lūdō]]

+ * [[faciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}