I.unwrought, untilled, unformed, unused, rough, raw, wild (cf. crudus): omnis fere materia non deformata, rudis appellatur, sicut vestimentum rude, non perpolitum: sic aes infectum rudusculum, Cincius ap. Fest. p. 265 Müll. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
I. Lit.: “terra (opp. restibilis),” Varr. R. R. 1, 44, 2; so, “terra,” id. ib. 1, 27, 2: “ager,” Col. 3, 11, 1: “campus,” Verg. G. 2, 211: “humus,” Ov. M. 5, 646: “rudis atque infecta materies,” Petr. 114, 13; cf.: “rudis indigestaque moles (Chaos),” Ov. M. 1, 7: “marmor,” Quint. 2, 19, 3: “saxum,” id. 9, 4, 27; cf.: “signa (de marmore coepto),” Ov. M. 1, 406: “aes (opp. signatum),” Plin. 33, 3, 13: “hasta,” rudely finished, ill-made, Verg. A. 9, 743; cf.: “novacula (with retusa),” Petr. 94, 14: “circumjectus parietum,” Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 270: “caementum,” Tac. Or. 20 (with informes tegulae): “lana,” Ov. M. 6, 19: “textum,” rough, coarse, id. ib. 8, 640; so, “vestis,” id. F. 4, 659: “herba,” wild, Mart. 2, 90, 8: cf. “uva,” unripe, green, hard, id. 13, 68.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: detrahit doctrina aliquid, ut lima rudibus et cotes hebetibus, Quint. 2, 12, 8. —
B. Poet., transf., young, new (cf. integer): “illa (carina, sc. Argo) rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,” untried, not yet sailed on, Cat. 64, 11; “hence, also, Argo,” Luc. 3, 193: “agna,” Mart. 9, 71, 6: “filia,” id. 7, 95, 8: “dextram cruore regio imbuit,” Sen. Troad. 217: “pannas,” new, Vulg. Matt. 9, 16. —
II. Trop., rude, unpolished, uncultivated, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, ignorant; hence (like ignarus), with gen., unacquainted with, inexperienced in, etc. (cf. imperitus).
(α).
Absol.: “consilium,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; cf.: “forma ingenii impolita et plane rudis,” Cic. Brut. 85, 294: “incohata ac rudia,” id. de Or. 1, 2, 5: “quae rudia atque imperfecta adhuc erant,” Quint. 3, 1, 7: “rudia et incomposita,” id. 9, 4, 17: “vox surda, rudis, immanis, dura, etc.,” id. 11, 3, 32: “modulatio,” id. 1, 10, 16; cf.: “modus (tibicinis),” Ov. A. A. 1, 111: “rude et Graecis intactum carmen,” Hor. S. 1, 10, 66: “stilus (with confusus),” Quint. 1, 1, 28; 12, 10, 3: “animi,” id. 1, 10, 9 (with agrestes); “1, 1, 36: adhuc ingenia,” id. 1, 2, 27; cf. “ingenium,” Hor. A. P. 410: “rudis fuit vita priscorum et sine litteris,” Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284: “saeculum,” Quint. 2, 5, 23; 12, 11, 23; Tac. H. 1, 86: “anni,” i. e. young, early, Quint. 1, 1, 5; Tac. A. 13, 16 fin.; cf.: “adhuc aetas,” id. ib. 4, 8: “rudem me et integrum discipulum accipe et ea, quae requiro, doce,” Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7; Quint. 2, 3, 3; 3, 6, 83: “Aeschylus rudis in plerisque et incompositus,” id. 10, 1, 66: “tam eram rudis? tam ignarus rerum? etc.,” Cic. Sest. 21, 47; so (with ignarus) Quint. 1, 8, 4: “rudis ac stultus,” id. 11, 3, 76: “illi rudes homines primique,” id. 8, 3, 36; 10, 2, 5: “illi rudes ac bellicosi,” id. 1, 10, 20: “nescit equo rudis Haerere ingenuus puer,” Hor. C. 3, 24, 54.—
(β).
With in and abl.: “cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, alii in disserendo rudes,” Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13: “(oratorem) nullā in re tironem ac rudem esse debere,” id. de Or. 1, 50, 218; (with hebes) id. ib. 1, 58, 248: “rudis in re publicā,” id. Phil. 6, 6, 17: “in causā,” id. Fam. 4, 1, 1: “in jure civili,” id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: “in minoribus navigiis,” id. ib. 1, 38, 174: “omnino in nostris poëtis,” id. Fin. 1, 2, 5: “sermo nullā in re,” id. de Or. 1, 8, 32.—With simple abl. (very rare): “Ennius ingenio maximus, arte rudis,” Ov. Tr. 2, 424: “arte,” Stat. Th. 6, 437: “studiis,” Vell. 2, 73, 1.—
(γ).
With gen.: “imperiti homines rerum omnium rudes ignarique,” Cic. Fl. 7, 16: “dicat se non imperitum foederis, non rudem exemplorum, non ignarum belli fuisse,” id. Balb. 20, 47: “provinciae rudis,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17: “Graecarum litterarum,” id. Off. 1, 1, 1; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: “rei militaris,” Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 2: “harum rerum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87: “artium,” Liv. 1, 7: “bonarum artium,” Tac. A. 1, 3: “facinorum,” id. ib. 12, 51: “agminum,” Hor. C. 3, 2, 9: “civilis belli,” id. Ep. 2, 2, 47; cf.: “bellorum (elephanti),” Flor. 4, 2, 67: “operum conjugiique,” Ov. F. 4, 336: “somni,” i. e. sleepless, id. M. 7, 213: “dicendi,” Tac. A. 1, 29.—
(δ).
With ad (very rare): “rudem ad pedestria bella Numidarum gentem esse,” Liv. 24, 48, 5: “ad quae (spectacula) rudes tum Romani erant,” id. 45, 32, 10; 10, 22, 6; 21, 25, 6: “ad partus,” Ov. H. 11, 48: “ad mala,” id. P. 3, 7, 18: “rudes adhuc ad resistendum populos,” Just. 1, 1, 5: “rudis natio ad voluptates,” Curt. 6, 21, 9; 8, 8, 24.—（ε) With dat. (very rare): “fontes rudes puellis,” i. e. strange, Mart. 6, 42, 4.—（ζ) With inf.: “nec ferre rudis medicamina,” Sil. 6, 90: “Martem rudis versare,” id. 8, 262.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.
