See ludus on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lūdōs",
"links": [
[
"lūdōs",
"ludos#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lūdō",
"links": [
[
"lūdō",
"ludo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lūdīs",
"links": [
[
"lūdīs",
"ludis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lūde",
"links": [
[
"lūde",
"lude#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lūdī",
"links": [
[
"lūdī",
"ludi#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "loidos",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "loedos",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lūdus<2>"
},
"expansion": "lūdus m (genitive lūdī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"english": "primary school, elementary school",
"translation": "primary school, elementary school",
"word": "lūdus litterārius"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lūdus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"la:Education",
"la:Schools"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Near-synonym: schola"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a school, especially a primary school"
],
"links": [
[
"school",
"school"
],
[
"primary school",
"primary school"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "schola"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"la:Entertainment",
"la:Games",
"la:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"game, sport, play"
],
"links": [
[
"game",
"game"
],
[
"sport",
"sport"
],
[
"play",
"play"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lūsus"
},
{
"word": "iocus"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"public spectacle, games, stage plays/productions"
],
"links": [
[
"spectacle",
"spectacle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the plural) public spectacle, games, stage plays/productions"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"in-plural"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"fun"
],
"links": [
[
"fun",
"fun"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"erotic poetry or roleplay"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫuː.dʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈluː.dus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "ludus"
}
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