lūdĭa

ae, f.

1. ludius

I. An actress, a female stage-dancer, Mart. 5, 25, 10.—
II. A female gladiator, a gladiator's wife or mistress: quid vidit, propter quod ludia dici Sustinuit, Juv. 6, 103: quae ludia sumpserit umquam hos habitus? id. 6, 266.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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