ludius

== Latin == === Etymology === From lūdus (“stage-play, show, performance”) +‎ -ius, from the same root as lūdō (“to play”). Compare lūdiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫuː.di.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.di.us] === Noun === lūdius m (genitive lūdiī or lūdī, feminine lūdia); second declension performer (on stage) gladiator (performer in the games) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== lūdiō ==== Derived terms ==== lūdia === References === “ludius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ludius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ludius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “ludius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray