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rudo

rudo, to roar, bellow, bray

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

rudō, īvī, ītus, 3, n. and a.: to send forth a loud, rough sound; bellow, roar, of men, 8.248; of beasts, 7.16; of the roaring sound of the rushing water, 3.561. (p. gen. pl., rudentum, 7.16)
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. ὠρύω; 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.

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