verb transitive

dēlūdo

2nd PP dē-lūdere · 3rd PP dē-lusi · 4th PP dē-lusum · conj. 3rd

(arch. inf. pass. deludier, Ter. And. 1, 2, 32)

To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude

To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude.

(rare, but class.), Ter. l. l. in hac re me deludier: deludi vosmet ipsos… absol ••

Prop. (rare, but class.), Ter. l. l. in hac re me deludier: deludi vosmet ipsos diutius a tribuno plebis patiemini? Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 79: me dolis, Ter. Andr. 3, 4, 4: animum hoc uno responso (Apollo), Verg. A. 6, 344: corvum hiantem, * Hor. S. 2, 5, 56: amantem, Ov. Am. 2, 19, 33 al.—Absol.: nihil agere atque deludere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.—

of inanimate subjects: terra deludet arantes, Prop. 2, 15, 31 (3, 7, 31 M.):… by extension ••

Transf., of inanimate subjects: terra deludet arantes, Prop. 2, 15, 31 (3, 7, 31 M.): quae sopitos deludunt somnia sensus, Verg. A. 10, 642; cf. of one dreaming, Ov. M. 8, 827: quem spes delusit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 7.—*

To play through, to leave off playing

To play through, to leave off playing: gladiatores cum deluserunt, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202.

Perseus ID: n12968 Key: deludo