[ˈɫuː.di.a], [ˈluː.di.a]
OriginFrom lūdius (“gladiator; performer”) + -a (suffix forming feminine counterparts to masculine nouns), from the root of lūdus (“game, sport, play”) and lūdō (“to play, to appear in a public game”).
- declension-1an actress, a female dancer
- declension-1a gladiator's wife or mistress
“Hermes [gladiator], cura laborque ludiarum” — Hermes [the gladiator] is the darling and heart-throb of the gladiators' women
Formslūdia(canonical, feminine) · lūdiae(genitive) · lūdius(masculine) · lūdia(nominative, singular) · lūdiae(nominative, plural) · lūdiae(genitive, singular) · lūdiārum(genitive, plural) · lūdiae(dative, singular) · lūdiīs(dative, plural) · lūdiam(accusative, singular) · lūdiās(accusative, plural) · lūdiā(ablative, singular) · lūdiīs(ablative, plural) · lūdia(singular, vocative) · lūdiae(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary