rudo

rŭdo (rūdo, Pers. 3, 9), īvi, ītum ( gen. plur. part. rudentūm, Verg. A. 7, 16), 3, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. root ru-, to howl; Gr. ôruô; cf. Lat.: ravis, ravus, raucus], to roar, bellow, bray.

I.

Lit., of animals;

e. g. of lions,

Verg. A. 7, 16;

of stags,

id. G. 3, 374;

of bears,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 298; esp. freq. of the braying of an ass, Ov. A. A. 3, 290; id. F. 1, 433; 6, 342; Pers. 3, 9.—

II.

Transf., of men, to roar or cry out: haec inquam rudet ex rostris, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll.:

(Cacum) insueta rudentem Alcides telis premit,

Verg. A. 8, 248.—

Of things: rudentem proram,

creaking, groaning, Verg. A. 3, 561.