verb transitive

dē-lūdo

2nd PP dē-lūdere · 3rd PP dē-lūdsi · 4th PP dē-lūdsum · conj. 3rd

arch. inf. pass

arch. inf. pass. deludier, Ter. And. 1, 2, 32), v. a.

To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude

To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude.

absol ••

Prop. (rare, but class.), Ter. l. l. in hac re me deludier: deludi vosmet ipsos diutius a tribuno plebis patiemini? Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 79: me dolis, Ter. Andr. 3, 4, 4: animum hoc uno responso (Apollo), Verg. A. 6, 344: corvum hiantem, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 56: amantem, Ov. Am. 2, 19, 33 al.—Absol.: nihil agere atque deludere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.—

by extension ••

Transf., of inanimate subjects: terra deludet arantes, Prop. 2, 15, 31 (3, 7, 31 M.): quae sopitos deludunt somnia sensus, Verg. A. 10, 642; cf. of one dreaming, Ov. M. 8, 827: quem spes delusit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 7.—*

To play through, to leave off playing

To play through, to leave off playing: gladiatores cum deluserunt, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202.

Perseus ID: n12968 Key: deludo