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