ludia

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.di.a/, [ˈɫ̪uːd̪iä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.di.a/, [ˈluːd̪iä]

Noun

lūdia f (genitive lūdiae, masculine lūdius); first declension

a gladiator's wife or mistress
- 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.24.10:
  Hermes [gladiator], cura laborque ludiarum
  Hermes [the gladiator] is the darling and heart-throb of the gladiators' women[1]

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūdia	lūdiae
Genitive	lūdiae	lūdiārum
Dative	lūdiae	lūdiīs
Accusative	lūdiam	lūdiās
Ablative	lūdiā	lūdiīs
Vocative	lūdia	lūdiae

References

“ludia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ludia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

P. Watson and L. Watson (1996), “Two Problems in Martial”, in The Classical Quarterly‎, volume 46, issue 2, page 591

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