tŭdes (noun M) : (ĭtis, acc. to Fest. p. 253 Müll.), root tud, tundo; Sanscr. tud-, to thrust
* A hammer, mallet: tudites malleos appellant antiqui a tundendo,Fest. p. 352 sq. Müll.: fabriles operae tudibus contundere massas Festinant, Auct. Aetnae, 659.