ē-lūdo, si, sum, 3, v. n. and a. *
I Neutr. , to finish play , i. e. cease to sport or roll : ipsum autem mare sic terram appetens litoribus eludit, ut, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100 (Bait. cludit): solebat Aquilius litus ita definire, qua fluctus eluderet, id. Top. 7, 31 (al. alluderet); cf. Quint. 5, 14, 34: eludere proprie gladiatorum est cum vicerint, et eludere est finem ludo imponere, Don. ad Ter. Eun. 55.—
II Act.
A To win from one at play (very rare).—Constr. aliquem or aliquem aliquid : anulus, Quem parasitus hic te elusit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31; cf.: elusi militem in alea, id. ib. 11.— Poet., with dat.: tibi victrices ... Eludet palmas una puella tuas, will snatch away from you , Prop. 4 (5), 1, 140.—Far more freq. and class. (esp. in the transf. sense),
B A gladiator's t. t., to elude or parry an enemy's blow: callidus emissas eludere simius hastas, Mart. 14, 202: caestus cito motu, Manil. 5, 163; cf. absol. : quasi rudibus ejus eludit oratio, Cic. Opt. Gen. 6, 17. —Poet.: vulnera, to make in vain , Ov. M. 12, 104.—
2 Transf., to delude , deceive , cheat , frustrate.
a In gen.: aliquem, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 109; Ter. Phorm. 885; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14; id. Sest. 43 fin. ; * Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 1; Liv. 22, 18; 36, 45; 44, 36; Verg. A. 11, 695; Hor. S. 1, 10, 41; id. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Tib. 2, 1, 19 et saep.; cf. absol. , Cic. Pis. 33, 82: manus scrutantium, Petr. 97, 4: bellum quiete, quietem bello, Liv. 2, 48; cf. pugnam, id. 27, 18: bellum metu, Tac. A. 2, 52: fidem miraculis, Liv. 26, 19: ultionem praevaricando, Tac. A. 14, 41: indicia seditionis, i. e. to invalidate , id. H. 1, 26 et saep.—
b In partic., with the accessory notion of mockery, to mock , jeer , banter , make sport of : et vos ab illo irridemini et ipsi illum vicissim eluditis, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 39, 123: aliquem, id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin. ; 14; Liv. 7, 13; Tac. A. 6, 46; 16, 28 et saep.; cf. absol. : eludet, ubi te victum senserit, Ter. Eun. 55; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 1; Liv. 1, 48; 2, 45; Tac. A. 2, 79 et saep.: gloriam alicujus (opp. extollere suam), Liv. 28, 44 fin. : aliquid, id. 1, 36; 6, 41; 9, 2 et saep.