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lūdĭus , ĭi, m. ludus.
I. A stageplayer, pantomimist: “fite caussā meā ludii barbari,” Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 63: “ipse ille maxime ludius, non solum spectator, sed actor et acroama,” Cic. Sest. 54, 116; id. Har. Resp. 11; Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 6: “ludius aequatam ter pede pulsat humum,” Ov. A. A. 1, 112: “triviales ex Circo ludios interponebat,” Suet. Aug. 74; cf. ludio.—
II. A gladiator: “comitata est Hippia ludium ad Pharon,” Juv. 6, 82.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 11
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 54.116
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 74
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.9
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