Rŭdĭae, ārum, f.,
I a town in Calabria , the birthplace of Ennius , Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 102; Sil. 12, 397.
II —Hence, Rŭ-dīnus , a, um, adj., of Rudiae , the Rudian , an appellation of Ennius, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168 (Ann. v. 440 Vahl.); Cic. Arch. 10; Aus. Technop. 13, 17.