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rūna, ae,f., a kind of weapon, a javelin or dart.

  1. I. Lit.: runa genus teli significat. Ennius: runata recedit, id est pilata, Fest. p. 263 Müll.: C. Gracchus runis et iis sicis, quas, etc. … nonne omnem rei publicae statum permutavit? Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20 Mos. N. cr.
  2. II. Transf., the runic written character, runes: barbara fraxineis pingatur runa tabellis, Ven. Carm. 7, 18, 19.

rūnātus, a, um, adj., v. runa, I.

runcātĭo, ōnis,f. [runco].

  1. I. A weeding, weeding out, Col. 2, 9, 18; 2, 11, 19; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 185.
  2. II. Concr., weeds to be pulled out, Col. 2, 11, 6.

runcātor, ōris, m. [runco], a weeder, Col. 2, 12, 1; 11, 3, 19.

1. runcīna, ae,f. [ῤυκάνη, acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, § 96 Müll.], a plane, Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225; Arn. 6, 200; Tert. Apol. 12; Vulg. Isa. 44, 13.

2. Runcīna, ae, f. [1. runco], a rural goddess presiding over weeding, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 med.

runcīno, āre, v. a. [1. runcina],

  1. I. to plane off, Varr. L. L. 6, § 96 Müll.; Arn. 5, 177.
  2. II. Trop., com.: ego illum probe jam oneratum runcinabo, i. e. will take in, cheat, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61.

1. runco, āre, v. a. [runca, runcina], to weed out, root up; to weed, clear of weeds.

  1. I. Lit.: spinas, Cato, R. R. 2: segetes, Varr. R. R. 1, 30; Col. 11, 2, 40; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 184; Tert. Pall. 2 med.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. * A. To pluck, deprive of its hair, Pers. 4, 35.
    2. B. To mow: frumenta, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 med.

2. runco, ōnis, m. [1. runco], a weedinghook, grubbing-hoe, Pall. 1, 43, 3; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 14, 5.