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|lshtext=<b>raudus</b>: (also rōdus and rūdus), ĕris, n. kindr. [[with]] [[rudis]]; cf.: [[crudus]], [[crudelis]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[rude]] [[mass]]; [[hence]], in partic., a [[piece]] of [[brass]] used as a [[coin]] (an old [[word]]): [[rodus]] vel [[raudus]] significat rem rudem et imperfectam. Nam [[saxum]] [[quoque]] [[raudus]] appellant poëtae, ut [[Attius]] in Menalippo: manibus rapere [[raudus]] saxeum grandem et gravem. Vulgus [[quidem]] in usu habuit non [[modo]] pro aere imperfecto, sed [[etiam]] pro signato ... in aestimatione censoriă aes infectum [[rudus]] appellatur, Fest. s. v. [[rodus]], p. 265 Müll.: aes [[raudus]] [[dictum]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 163 ib.: [[olim]] [[aera]] raudera dicebantur, Val. Max. 5, 6, 3: χαλκὸς [[ἀνέργαστος]]> [[rudus]], Gloss. Philox.: [[sculptor]] ab eris Rudere decoctam consuevit fingere massam, Prud. Apoth. 792: cum rudera milites jacerent, Liv. 26, 11, 9 Weissenb.
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