noun · neuterthird declension
raudus
raudus n (genitive rauderis)
Classical[ˈrau̯.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈraːu̯.dus]
Meaning
- neutera rude mass, a rough piece, a lump, especially of metal or ore
- neutera piece of brass or bronze
- especiallyneutera piece of brass or bronze used as a coin
- figurativelyneutera brass or bronze coin
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | raudus | raudera |
| genitive | rauderis | rauderum |
| dative | rauderī | rauderibus |
| accusative | raudus | raudera |
| ablative | raudere | rauderibus |
| vocative | raudus | raudera |
raudus (also rōdus and rūdus), ĕris, n. kindr. with rudis; cf.: crudus, crudelis,
I. a rude mass; hence, in partic., a piece of brass used as a coin (an old word):
rodus vel raudus significat rem rudem et imperfectam. Nam saxum quoque raudus appellant poëtae, ut Attius in Menalippo: manibus rapere raudus saxeum grandem et gravem. Vulgus quidem in usu habuit non modo pro aere imperfecto, sed etiam pro signato ... in aestimatione censoriă aes infectum rudus appellatur, Fest. s. v. rodus, p. 265 Müll.: aes raudus dictum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 ib.: olim aera raudera dicebantur, Val. Max. 5, 6, 3: χαλκὸς ἀνέργαστος rudus, Gloss. Philox.: sculptor ab eris Rudere decoctam consuevit fingere massam, Prud. Apoth. 792: cum rudera milites jacerent, Liv. 26, 11, 9 Weissenb.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
raudus see rudus.
Origins
Uncertain. Traditionally derived from either of the Proto-Indo-European roots *(h₃)rew-d- (“to tear up, dig up”) or *gʰrew-d- (“gravel, stone”), along with rūdus (“debris, rubble”) and rudis (“rough, raw”); modern scholars however tend to deem this phonetically impossible. Rather, to be considered a substrate word and compared with Proto-West Germanic *arut (“ore”), along with perhaps Sumerian 𒍏 (urud, “copper”); this latter theory is supported by Kroonen. De Vaan, on the other hand, considers this a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), albeit loaned from a likely-extinct Indo-European branch.