See ludus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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{
"word": "lūdicer"
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{
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{
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}
],
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}
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