Lewis Short
sŭdis (noun F) : (
* Nom. sing. only, Plin. 32, 10, 54, § 154 infra), , f., a stake, pile (syn.: palus, sublica).
* 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.
* Transf., a kind of pike (a fish); perh. Esox sphyraena, Linn.; Plin. 32, 10, 54, § 154.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary