cūdo

I. v. a., to strike, beat, pound, knock (rare and only ante-class., and in postAug. prose).

I. Prop.: aurum pilis, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69 (v. Sillig N. cr.): semina, Col. 2, 10, 14; Lucr. 1, 1044; 4, 187.—Prov.: istaec in me cudetur faba, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 90 Don.—

II. Transf. (of metals), to prepare by beating or hammering, to forge; of money, to stamp, coin: plumbeos nummos, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 11: argentum, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 18: anulum, Quint. 9, 2, 61.— *

B. Trop.: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40.