nounthird declension
tudes
tudes or tudēs m (genitive tuditis or tudis)
Classical[ˈtʊ.dɛs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtuː.des]
Meaning
- A hammer, mallet
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tudes | tuditēs tudēs |
| genitive | tuditis tudis | tuditum tudium |
| dative | tuditī tudī | tuditibus tudibus |
| accusative | tuditem tudem | tuditēs tudēs, tudīs |
| ablative | tudite tude | tuditibus tudibus |
| vocative | tudes | tuditēs tudēs |
tŭdes, is (ĭtis, acc. to Fest. p. 253 Müll.), m. root tud, tundo; Sanscr. tud-, to thrust,
I. a hammer, mallet:
tudites malleos appellant antiqui a tundendo, Fest. p. 352 sq. Müll.: fabriles operae tudibus contundere massas Festinant, Auct. Aetnae, 659.Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with tundō (“to beat, strike”), studeō (“to study”), English stot, Albanian shtyj (“to push”).
In English words that came into English from tudes
- ratatouilletudiculō