Friulian

Noun

rudis

1. plural of rude

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *Hrew- ‎(“to tear up, dig up”). Related to rudus.

Adjective

rudis m, f ‎(neuter rude); third declension

1. rough, raw, uncultivated
2. unrefined, unskilled, awkward
3. (New Latin) Used as a specific epithet

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

rudis f ‎(genitive rudis); third declension

1. small stick
2. foil (given to a gladiator upon his discharge)

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

References

• rudis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rudis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RUDIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rudis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be well-informed, erudite: multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)
    
  • to be an inexperienced speaker: rudem, tironem ac rudem (opp. exercitatum) esse in dicendo
    
  • to have had no experience in war: rei militaris rudem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to retire from service: rude donatum esse (Phil. 2. 29)
    
• rudis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rudis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin