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..."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..."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..."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..."