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|lshtext=<b>rŭdīmentum</b>: i, n. 1. [[rudis]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[first]] [[attempt]], [[trial]], or [[essay]]; a [[beginning]], [[commencement]] in [[any]] [[thing]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.; cf. [[tirocinium]]).<br /><b>I</b> Most [[usual]] as milit. t. t.: militare, Liv. 21, 3; <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: rudimentis militiae [[imbutus]], the elements, Vell. 2, 129, 2: dura belli, Verg. A. 11, 157: rudimenta adulescentiae ponere, to [[lay]] [[down]] the rudiments, [[complete]] the [[first]] beginnings, [[pass]] one's novitiate, Liv. 31, 11 fin.; cf.: sub militiā patris tirocinii rudimenta deposuit, Just. 9, 1, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[other]] things: [[rudimentum]] [[primum]] [[puerilis]] regni, Liv. 1, 3; cf. Quint. 1, 8, 15: prima rhetorices rudimenta, the [[first]] principles, rudiments, id. 2, 5, 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 64: vidi Protogenis rudimenta cum ipsius naturae veritate certantia, Petr. 83, 1: civilium officiorum rudimentis regem Archelaum defendit, Suet. Tib. 8: ponere, id. Ner. 22: prima pueritiae rudimenta deponere, Just. 7, 5, 3 (cf. [[supra]], I.).