ludificor
λίγεια μινύρεται θαμίζουσα μάλιστ' ἀηδών → the sweet-voiced nightingale mourns constantly, the sweet-voiced nightingale most loves to warble
Latin > English
ludificor ludificari, ludificatus sum V DEP :: make fun/sport of, treat as a plaything; trifle with
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lūdĭfĭcor: ātus sum, 1,
I v. dep. n. and a. [id.] (inf. ludificarier, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 25), to make game, to mock; to make game of, make sport of, turn into ridicule; to delude, deceive.
I Lit.
A Neutr.: aperte ludificari et calumniari, to mock, ridicule, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55.—With acc. of kindred signif.: nugas ludificabitur, will make game of you in trifles, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 80.—
B Act.: Potin' ut hominem mihi des? ... ni ludificata ero lepide, etc., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 53: tun me, verbero, audes erum ludificari? id. Am. 2, 1, 15: me ludificatus est, id. Most. 5, 2, 25: virginem, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 3: siquidem tu me hic etiam, nebulo, ludificabere, id. ib. 4, 4, 49: patres et plebem cunctatione fictā, Tac. A. 1, 46: aliena mala, to make sport of, Plin. Ep. 6, 20.—
II Transf., to thwart, frustrate, by tricks or contrivances: locationem, Liv. 39. 44: ea, quae hostes agerent, id. 24, 34: rostra fuga, Flor. 2, 2, 8: hostis impune Romanum ludificabatur, Tac. A. 3, 21.—Pass. part.: ludificato incerto proelio, Sall. J. 50, 4.—
III Trop.: Quojus ego hodie ludificabor corium, si vivo, probe, i. e. cut up, lash, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 19 Lorenz.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lūdĭfĭcor,¹³ ātus sum, ārī (ludus, facio), tr., se jouer de, se moquer de, tourner en ridicule, décevoir, tromper ; aliquem Pl. Amph. 565 ; Most. 1147 ; Ter. Eun. 645 ; aliquam rem Cic. Rep. 3, 9, se jouer de qqn, de qqch., cf. Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 20, 19 ; abst] Cic. Amer. 55 || esquiver en se jouant ; éluder : Liv. 2, 34, 2 ; 39, 44, 8 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 21.
Latin > German (Georges)
lūdificor, ātus sum, ārī (ludus u. facio), I) jmd. zum besten haben, foppen, necken, äffen, alqm, Plaut., Liv. u.a.: inter se (einander), Liv.: virginem, hintergehen, Ter.: hostem omnibus artibus belli, Liv.: Romanum fessum impune, Tac.: et sua et aliena mala, Plin. ep.: absol., aperte lud., Cic. Rosc. Am. 55. – II) übtr., durch List u. Ränke vereiteln, hintertreiben, locationem, Liv.: ea, quae hostes agerent, Liv.
Latin > Chinese
ludificor, aris, ari. d. :: 譏笑。騙。被騙。— mala ejus 譏笑人之艱難。Postquam ludificatus est virginem 辱童女後。
