dē-lūdo, si, sum, 3 (arch. inf. pass. deludier, Ter. And. 203), v. a.
I To play false, to mock, deceive, make sport of, delude .
A Prop. (rare, but class.), Ter. And. 203 in hac re me deludier: deludi vosmet ipsos diutius a tribuno plebis patiemini? Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 79: me dolis, Ter. And. 583: 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. —
B 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.—*
II To play through, to leave off playing : gladiatores cum deluserunt, Varr. ap. Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202.