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lūdī^brĭum , ii, n. ludus and, perh., fero,
I.a mockery, derision, wantonness.
II. Transf.
B. A scoff, jest, sport: “qui lubet ludibrio habere me,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 45; so, “ludibrio aliquem habere,id. Cas. 3, 5, 19.—Pass.: “ludibrio haberi,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 74; 4, 1, 11: “hosti ludibrio esse,Cic. ad Brut. 1, 2: “legati per ludibrium auditi dimissique,Liv. 24, 26: “per ludibrium exprobrare,to reproach jestingly, scoff, Curt. 4, 10: “nec dubie ludibrio esse miserias suas,id. 2, 23, 13: “aliquem in ludibrium reservare,Suet. Calig. 23: “adusque ludibria ebriosus,such a drunkard as to be a standing jest, Gell. 15, 2, 2.—
(β). With gen. subj.: “Varro ad ludibrium moriturus Antonii,Vell. 2, 71, 2.—
(γ). With gen. obj.: “ad ludibrium stolidae superbiae,Liv. 45, 3; 45, 41: “ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros,id. 1, 7; 9, 11; Just. 36, 1.—
C. Abuse, violence done to a woman: “in corporum ludibria deflere,Curt. 10, 1, 3; 4, 10, 27.
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 83
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