adludens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adludo, adludere, adlusi, adlusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
frolic/play/sport around/with, play against; jest, make mocking allusion to;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...exornant fictae qua platanona ferae. Huius dum patulos adludens temptat hiatus pulcher Hylas, teneram mersit in ora manum..."- G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...contumeliam facile hoc ulli feminae fore, responderit quasi adludens: in Syria quoque regnasse Sameramin magnamque Asiae partem Amazonas..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...krinomenon existimat, idque Trebatio, qui iuris erat consultus, adludens "qua de re agitur" appellat: quibus id contineatur "continentia..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...heus, etiam mensas consumimus?' inquit Iulus, nec plura, adludens. ea vox audita laborum prima tulit finem, primamque loquentis..."