lusor Latin · revision 34267

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɫuː.sɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈluː.s̬or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lūsor''' ''m'' (genitive lūsōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lūdō|-tor|t1=to play]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan derives that verb from [[itc-pro|*loide/o-|t=to play]] and [[ine-pro|*loid-|t=to let go often, play]], an o-grade present with frequentative meaning.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[mga|laídid|t=impels]] and [[lt|léisti|t=to let]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler record it first in Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) where it means a mocker: ''te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum'', “so that I may fool you in return, you who make fun of me”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Ovid uses it of a player at a game, who keeps losing so as not to have lost, and Seneca of players who try to show up a partner.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ulpian uses it of a gambler at dice.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid calls himself ''tenerorum lusor amorum'', the playful poet of tender loves.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) An inscription of the time of Tiberius names a ''lusor'' of Caesar, a jester and mimic.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Juvenal has ''cum lusore catello'', “with a playful puppy”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval Britain it is a player or playmate, a player of dice or chess, an actor or entertainer, and a trickster.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a mocker.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of a gambler and of a playful poet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * before 223 AD – Ulpian uses it of a dice player.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|player]] of a game, a [[m|en|gambler]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A [[m|en|jester]], [[m|en|clown]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # One who makes fun of someone, a [[m|en|tease]], mocker; one who writes playfully of a subject.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An [[m|en|actor]], entertainer; a [[m|en|trickster]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[lūsōrius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lūdō]]

+ * [[lūdus]]

+ * [[collūsor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}