cūdo, ĕre, 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, to beat out, thresh , Col. 2, 10, 14; Lucr. 1, 1044; 4, 187.—Prov.: istaec in me cudetur faba, i. e. I must smart for that , Ter. Eun. 381 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. 740: anulum, to make , Quint. 9, 2, 61.— *
B Trop.: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? forge, prepare , Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40.