rudens

Latin > English

rudens rudentis N M :: rope

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rŭdens: entis (
I gen. plur. rudentium, Vitr. 10, 19; Prud. adv. Symm. praef. 2; abl. rudenti, Vitr. 10, 2), m. (fem., Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1) [etym. unknown; acc. to the ancients from rudo, on account of the rattling; v. Non. p. 51], a rope, line, cord (very freq. and class.; syn.: restis, funis).
I Usu., a rope, line, belonging to the standing or running rigging of a ship; a stay, halyard, sheet, etc.; plur. collect., the rigging, cordage: clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus, Pac. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll. N. cr.; and Serv. Verg. A. 1, 87 (Trag. Rel. p. 100 Rib.); imitated by Vergil: clamorque virum stridorque rudentum, Verg. A. 1, 87; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 1; 76; 92; Cic. Div. 1, 56, 127; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Verg. A. 3, 267; 682; 10, 229; Hor. Epod. 10, 5; Ov. M. 3, 616; 11, 474; 495 et saep.— Hence,
   B Rudens, the title of a comedy by Plautus.—
   C Trop.: rudentem explicavit immensum, spun a long yarn, unfolded a prodigious series of facts, Amm. 29, 1, 6. —Prov.: rudentibus apta fortuna, a very uncertain fortune, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40.—
II The rope of an engine of war, Vitr. 10, 17 sq.
rŭdens: entis, Part. of rudo.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) rŭdēns, tis, part. de rudo.
(2) rŭdēns,¹³ tis, m., cordage [de navire], câble : Cic. Div. 1, 127 ; laxare rudentes Virg. En. 3, 267, mettre à la voile (lâcher les écoutes) || [fig.] rudentibus apta fortuna Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, fortune suspendue à des cordages || vaisseau : Val. Flacc. 1, 627 || corde [en gén.] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 17. f., Pl. Rud. 938 || abl. rudente, qqf. rudenti ; gén. pl. rudentum, qqf. rudentium.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) rudēns¹, entis, m., das starke Seil, bes. Schiffsseil, Tau, um Segelstangen u. Segel anzuziehen u. zu befestigen, rudentis explicatio, Cic.: rudentum sibilus, Pacuv. fr.: stridor rudentum, Verg.: rudentum materiae, Solin.: e capillo torti rudentes (Stränge an der Katapulte u. Balliste), Vitr.: candidaque intorti sustollant vela rudentes, Catull.: dum hanc tibi quam trahis rudentem complico, Plaut.: rudentem explicuit immensum, bildl. = zählte eine un. Reihe von Tatsachen auf, Amm. 29, 1, 6. – Sprichw., rudentibus apta fortuna, an die Schiffstaue angeheftetes, folglich sehr ungewisses Glück, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40. – meton. = Schiff od. Schiffahrt, Val. Flacc. 1, 627. – / Als fem. b. Plaut. rud. 938. – Abl. Sing. gew. rudente, selten rudenti, wie Vitr. 10, 2, 4: Genet. Plur. gew. rudentum, selten rudentium, wie Vitr. 10, 12 (18), 2 u. 10, 13 (19), 6. Prud. c. Symm. 2. praef. 13.
(2) rudēns² (Partiz.) s. rudo.

Latin > Chinese

rudens, tis. m. :: 舟纜