ruditus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of rū̆dō (to roar, bray).

Participle

rū̆dītus (feminine rū̆dīta, neuter rū̆dītum); first/second-declension participle

  1. roaring or braying
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

From rū̆dō (to roar, bray) +‎ -tus (suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs).

Noun

rū̆dītus m (genitive rū̆dītūs); fourth declension

  1. braying (of a donkey)
  2. roaring
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rū̆dītus rū̆dītūs
genitive rū̆dītūs rū̆dītuum
dative rū̆dītuī rū̆dītibus
accusative rū̆dītum rū̆dītūs
ablative rū̆dītū rū̆dītibus
vocative rū̆dītus rū̆dītūs

References

  • ruditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ruditus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016