Lewis & Short

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tŭdes, is (ĭtis, acc. to Fest. p. 253 Müll.), m. [root tud, tundo; Sanscr. tud-, to thrust], a hammer, mallet: tudites malleos appellant antiqui a tundendo, Fest. p. 352 sq. Müll.: fabriles operae tudibus contundere massas Festinant, Auct. Aetnae, 659.