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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *Hrew- (“to tear up, dig up”). Cognate with rudis.
Alternatively related to raudus (“ore”), of substrate origin and/or ultimately from Sumerian 𒍏 (urud, “copper”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
rūdus n (genitive rūderis); third declension
- lump (especially of copper or bronze)
- (roofing) tile
- debris, rubble
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “rudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rudus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- rudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 868
Latvian
Adjective
rudus
- accusative plural masculine of ruds