(adj.adv.) : rŭdis, e, adj.cf. crudus
* Unwrought, untilled, unformed, unused, rough, raw, wild (cf. crudus): omnis fere materia non deformata, rudis appellatur, sicut vestimentum rude, non perpolitum: sic aes infectum rudusculum, Cincius ap. Fest. p. 265 Müll. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
* Lit.: terra (opp. restibilis),Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2; so, terra,id. ib. 1, 27, 2: ager,Col. 3, 11, 1: campus,Verg. G. 2, 211: humus,Ov. M. 5, 646: rudis atque infecta materies,Petr. 114, 13; cf.: rudis indigestaque moles (Chaos),Ov. M. 1, 7: marmor,Quint. 2, 19, 3: saxum,id. 9, 4, 27; cf.: signa (de marmore coepto),Ov. M. 1, 406: aes (opp. signatum),Plin. 33, 3, 13: hasta,rudely finished, ill-made,Verg. A. 9, 743; cf.: novacula (with retusa),Petr. 94, 14: circumjectus parietum,Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270: caementum,Tac. Or. 20 (with informes tegulae): lana,Ov. M. 6, 19: textum,rough, coarse,id. ib. 8, 640; so, vestis,id. F. 4, 659: herba,wild,Mart. 2, 90, 8: cf. uva,unripe, green, hard,id. 13, 68.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: detrahit doctrina aliquid, ut lima rudibus et cotes hebetibus, Quint. 2, 12, 8.
* Poet., transf., young, new (cf. integer): illa (carina, sc. Argo) rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,untried, not yet sailed on,Cat. 64, 11; hence, also, Argo,Luc. 3, 193: agna,Mart. 9, 71, 6: filia,id. 7, 95, 8: dextram cruore regio imbuit,Sen. Troad. 217: pannas,new,Vulg. Matt. 9, 16.
* Trop., rude, unpolished, uncultivated, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, ignorant; hence (like ignarus), with gen., unacquainted with, inexperienced in, etc. (cf. imperitus).
* Absol.: consilium,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; cf.: forma ingenii impolita et plane rudis,Cic. Brut. 85, 294: incohata ac rudia,id. de Or. 1, 2, 5: quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,Quint. 3, 1, 7: rudia et incomposita,id. 9, 4, 17: vox surda, rudis, immanis, dura, etc.,id. 11, 3, 32: modulatio,id. 1, 10, 16; cf.: modus (tibicinis),Ov. A. A. 1, 111: rude et Graecis intactum carmen,Hor. S. 1, 10, 66: stilus (with confusus),Quint. 1, 1, 28; 12, 10, 3: animi,id. 1, 10, 9 (with agrestes); 1, 1, 36: adhuc ingenia,id. 1, 2, 27; cf. ingenium,Hor. A. P. 410: rudis fuit vita priscorum et sine litteris,Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284: saeculum,Quint. 2, 5, 23; 12, 11, 23; Tac. H. 1, 86: anni,i. e. young, early,Quint. 1, 1, 5; Tac. A. 13, 16 fin.; cf.: adhuc aetas,id. ib. 4, 8: rudem me et integrum discipulum accipe et ea, quae requiro, doce,Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7; Quint. 2, 3, 3; 3, 6, 83: Aeschylus rudis in plerisque et incompositus,id. 10, 1, 66: tam eram rudis? tam ignarus rerum? etc.,Cic. Sest. 21, 47; so (with ignarus) Quint. 1, 8, 4: rudis ac stultus,id. 11, 3, 76: illi rudes homines primique,id. 8, 3, 36; 10, 2, 5: illi rudes ac bellicosi,id. 1, 10, 20: nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,Hor. C. 3, 24, 54.
* With in and abl.: cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, alii in disserendo rudes,Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13: (oratorem) nullā in re tironem ac rudem esse debere,id. de Or. 1, 50, 218; (with hebes) id. ib. 1, 58, 248: rudis in re publicā,id. Phil. 6, 6, 17: in causā,id. Fam. 4, 1, 1: in jure civili,id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: in minoribus navigiis,id. ib. 1, 38, 174: omnino in nostris poëtis,id. Fin. 1, 2, 5: sermo nullā in re,id. de Or. 1, 8, 32.—With simple abl. (very rare): Ennius ingenio maximus, arte rudis,Ov. Tr. 2, 424: arte,Stat. Th. 6, 437: studiis,Vell. 2, 73, 1.
* With gen.: imperiti homines rerum omnium rudes ignarique,Cic. Fl. 7, 16: dicat se non imperitum foederis, non rudem exemplorum, non ignarum belli fuisse,id. Balb. 20, 47: provinciae rudis,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17: Graecarum litterarum,id. Off. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: rei militaris,Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2: harum rerum,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87: artium,Liv. 1, 7: bonarum artium,Tac. A. 1, 3: facinorum,id. ib. 12, 51: agminum,Hor. C. 3, 2, 9: civilis belli,id. Ep. 2, 2, 47; cf.: bellorum (elephanti),Flor. 4, 2, 67: operum conjugiique,Ov. F. 4, 336: somni,i. e. sleepless,id. M. 7, 213: dicendi,Tac. A. 1, 29.
* With ad (very rare): rudem ad pedestria bella Numidarum gentem esse,Liv. 24, 48, 5: ad quae (spectacula) rudes tum Romani erant,id. 45, 32, 10; 10, 22, 6; 21, 25, 6: ad partus,Ov. H. 11, 48: ad mala,id. P. 3, 7, 18: rudes adhuc ad resistendum populos,Just. 1, 1, 5: rudis natio ad voluptates,Curt. 6, 21, 9; 8, 8, 24.—(ε) With dat. (very rare): fontes rudes puellis,i. e. strange,Mart. 6, 42, 4.—(ζ) With inf.: nec ferre rudis medicamina,Sil. 6, 90: Martem rudis versare,id. 8, 262.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

rŭdis (noun F) : (
* Abl. sing. rudi, Capitol. Opil. Macr. 4, 5), a slender stick or rod.
* To stir with in cooking; a stirring-stick, spatula: versato crebro duabus rudibus,Cato, R. R. 79; so, ferreae,Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 170; cf. rudicula.
* A staff used by soldiers and gladiators in their exercises (perh. a wooden sword), answering to a quarter-staff, a foil (freq. and class.): (milites) rudibus inter se in modum justae pugnae concurrerunt,Liv. 26, 51; 40, 6 and 9 Drak. N. cr. (al. sudibus); Ov. Am. 2, 9, 22; id. A. A. 3, 515: rudibus batuere,Suet. Calig. 32.—Hence, transf.: PRIMA or SVMMA RVDIS (also in one word, SVMMARVDIS), the first or head fencer, the fencing-master, Inscr. Orell. 2575; 2584: SECVNDA RVDIS, the second fencer, the fencing-master's assistant, ib. 2573 sq.—A gladiator received such a rudis when honorably discharged (whence he was called rudiarius): tam bonus gladiator rudem tam cito accepisti?Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74: acceptā rude,Juv. 6, 113: essedario rudem indulgere,Suet. Claud. 21.—And hence transf. to other persons who receive an honorable discharge: tardā vires minuente senectā, Me quoque donari jam rude tempus erat,i. e. to dismiss, discharge,Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 24; id. Am. 2, 9, 22; cf.: spectatum satis et donatum jam rude,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 2 (v. Orell. ad h. l.): ergo sibi dabit ipse rudem,Juv. 7, 171; Mart. 3, 36, 10.