ex-tundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3, v. a., to beat out, strike out, force out (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Lit.: calcibus frontem extudit, Phaedr. 1, 21, 9; cf. Sen. Contr. 5, 33, 2: frequens tussis sanguinem quoque extundit, Cels. 4, 4, 5.—
II Trop.: priusquam id extudi, cum illi subblandiebar, squeezed out , extorted , Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 64; cf.: ea demum extudit magis convicio quam precibus vel auctoritate, Suet. Vesp. 2: quis nobis extudit hanc artem? struck out , found out , devised , Verg. G. 4, 315: eloquentiam, Gell. 17, 20, 4: vitae mortalis honorem, Verg. G. 4, 328: perseveranti postulatione extuderunt, ut, etc., Val. Max. 5, 2, 10; so with ut , id. 1, 4, 4: alios (discentes) continuatio extundit, in aliis plus impetus facit, hammers out , forms (the figure being taken from a sculptor), Quint. 1, 3, 6: hic exsultantis Salios ... et lapsa ancilia caelo extuderat, embossed , fashioned in relief , Verg. A. 8, 665: cum labor extuderit fastidia, has driven off (= cum vi excusserit, removerit), Hor. S. 2, 2, 14: unum librum extudit et elucubravit, elaborated , Tac. Or. 9.