Jastrow: לוּדָאָה

לוּדָאָה m. 1) = h. לוֹדִי Lyddan. Ab. Zar. 36ᵃ שמלאי ל׳ קאמרת thou citest Samlai, the Lyddan; (Y. ib. II, 41ᵈ bot. הדרומי).—Yeb. 71ᵇ, v. preced.—Pl. לוּדָאֵי. Ab. Zar. l. c. שאני ל׳ דמזלזלי it is different with Lyddan scholars, because they disregard traditional laws. —2) לוּדָאֵי (denom. of ludi, the latter being treated as a geographical term) people hiring men for gladiatorial contests, lanistae (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Gladiator). Gitt. 46ᵇ bot. ההוא גברא דזבין נפשיה לל׳ there was the case of a man who had sold himself to the Ludaë. Ib. 47ᵃ ריש לקיש … לל׳ Resh Lakish had sold himself &c.—Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᵈ top אילו זבנת גרמך ללוּדָנִין הות מזבין וכ׳ (not הוה; prob. to be read: לוּדָיִין) if thou hadst sold thyself to the lanistae, thou wouldst have sold (thyself) at a high price, but here thou hast sold (risked) thy life for a trifle.—V. לוּדִים.