rūna, ae,f., a kind of weapon, a javelin or dart.
I Lit.: runa genus teli significat. Ennius: runata recedit, id est pilata, Fest. p. 263 Müll.: C. Gracchus runis et iis sicis, quas, etc.... nonne omnem rei publicae statum permutavit? Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 20 Mos. N. cr. —
II Transf., the runic written character , runes : barbara fraxineis pingatur runa tabellis, Ven. Carm. 7, 18, 19.