noun · femininethird declension
sudis
sudis f (genitive sudis)
Meaning
- femininestake, log
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pālus acūtussudis -is (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 2
pālus acūtus vāllīsudis -is (f) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 17
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sudis | sudēs |
| genitive | sudis | sudium |
| dative | sudī | sudibus |
| accusative | sudem | sudēs sudīs |
| ablative | sude | sudibus |
| vocative | sudis | sudēs |
sŭdis (
I. nom. sing. only, Plin. 32, 10, 54, § 154 infra), is, f., a stake, pile (syn.: palus, sublica).
I. Lit., plur.:
sudes stipitesque, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; id. B. G. 5, 18; 5, 40; Verg. A. 7, 524: quadrifidae, id. G. 2, 25: fraxineae, id. ib. 2, 359; Sil. 6, 559: quominus putrescerent sudes, Plin. 17, 14, 24 § 101 al. — In sing., Ov. M. 12, 299 sq.; Luc. 6, 174.—As a weapon: multa vulnera sudibus facta, Liv. 40, 6, 6; Tib. 1, 10, 65; cf.: sudes in terga erectae, bristles, spines, Juv. 4, 128: densae, thorns, Prud. Apoth. 127: saxeae, i. e. rocky peaks, crags, App. M. 7, p. 195, 26.—II. Transf., a kind of pike (a fish); perh. Esox sphyraena, Linn.; Plin. 32, 10, 54, § 154.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sudis is, f
a stake, pile: acutae, Cs.: Fraxineae, V.: sude obustā, O.: Erectae in terga sudes, bristles, Iu.