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lūsĭo, ōnis, f. [ludo], a playing, play: in ludum discendi, non lusionis, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6: pueri lusionibus vel laboriosis delectantur, id. Fin. 5, 20, 55: in ipsā lusione (pilae), in the act of playing, id. de Or. 1, 16, 73: pilaris lusio, Stat. S. 4 praef.

Lūsĭtānĭa, ae, f., the western part of Spain, the mod. Portugal and a part of the Spanish provinces of Estremadura and Toledo, Caes. B. C. 1, 38, 2; Liv. 21, 43, 8; 27, 20; Mel. 2, 6, 3 sq.; 3, 1, 6; 3, 6, 2; Liv. Ep. 52; Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 113.
Hence, Lū-sĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lusitania, Lusitanian: cerasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 103: tela, Val. Max. 9, 1, n. 5.
In plur. subst.: Lūsĭtāni, ōrum, m., the Lusitanians, Cic. Brut. 23, 89; Liv. 35, 1; 37, 46 sq.; Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 116.

lūsĭto, āre, v. freq. n. [ludo], to play often or habitually (ante- and post-class.): aut coturnices dantur, quibuscum lusitent, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 6: alea festiva et honesta lusitabamus, Gell. 18, 13, 1: in labellis morsicatim, Naev. ap. Non. 139, 25.

Lusĭus, i, m., a river of Arcadia, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57.