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|lshtext=<b>lūsus</b>: a, um, Part., from [[ludo]].<br /><b>lūsus</b>: ūs, m. [[ludo]],<br /><b>I</b> a playing, [[play]], [[game]] (not in Cic.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: virgineis exercent lusibus undas Naides, Ov. M. 14, 556: aleae, Suet. Calig. 41: calculorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 24: nec me offenderit [[lusus]] in pueris, Quint. 1, 3, 10; cf. id. 1, 1, 20: eburneas litterarum formas in lusum offerre, id. 1, 1, 26: ediscere [[inter]] lusum, id. 1, 1, 36: in lusu [[duodecim]] scriptorum, id. 11, 2, 38: [[regnum]] lusu sortiri, i. e. by throwing [[dice]], Tac. A. 13, 15: solent [[quidam]] et cogere ad lusum, Dig. 11, 5, 2. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Play, [[sport]], [[game]] ([[that]] is done by [[way]] of [[amusement]]): fas est et carmine remitti, non [[dico]] [[continuo]] ac longo, sed hoc [[arguto]] et brevi. Lusus vocantur, Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 10: Trojae lusum exhibuit, Suet. Claud. 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Sportive [[dalliance]], toying: sunt apti lusibus anni, Ov. Am. 2, 3, 13; Prop. 1, 10, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Jest, [[fun]], [[mockery]]: dant de se respondentibus venustissimos [[lusus]], i. e. [[make]] [[themselves]] [[ridiculous]], Quint. 5, 13, 46: lusum ludere aliquem, Gell. 18, 13, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>lūsus</b>, a, um, part. de [[ludo]].<br />(2) <b>lūsŭs</b>,¹⁰ ūs, m.,<br /><b>1</b> jeu, divertissement : aleæ Suet. Cal. 41 ; calculorum Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 24, 5, jeu de dés, de dames ; [ébats des Naïades] Ov. M. 14, 536 ; [jeux d’enfants] Quint. 1, 3, 10, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] badinage [en vers] : Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 9, 10 &#124;&#124; ébats amoureux : Prop. 1, 10, 9 ; Ov. Am. 2, 3, 13 &#124;&#124; plaisanterie, bon mot, moquerie : Quint. 5, 13, 46.||ébats amoureux : Prop. 1, 10, 9 ; Ov. Am. 2, 3, 13||plaisanterie, bon mot, moquerie : Quint. 5, 13, 46.
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