cudo

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.doː/, [ˈkuːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.do/, [ˈkuːd̪o]

From Proto-Italic *kūdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to strike, hew, forge”).

cūdō (present infinitive cūdere, perfect active cūdī, supine cūsum); third conjugation

1. to strike, beat, pound, knock
2. to stamp, coin (money)

Unknown, presumably a loanword. Compare Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (“a hood, soft covering for the head”) from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”), Persian خود‎ (xud, “helmet”).

cūdō m (genitive cūdōnis); third declension (dis legomenon)

1. helmet
   • c. 100 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 8.493–494:

     spīcula bīna gerunt. capitī cūdōne ferīnō sat cautum.

     They bear two javelins. The head protected sufficiently by an iron helmet.

   • c. 100 CE, Silius Italicus, Punica 16.59–60:

     Scīpiō contorquēns hastam, cūdōne comantīs disiēcit crīnīs.

     Scipio, wielding the spear, drove the long hair asunder from the helmet.

Third-declension noun.

• cassis

• “cudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “cudo”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 155
• “cudo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cudo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “cudo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čudo. The current form is a result of mazuration.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.dɔ/

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• Rhymes: -udɔ
• Syllabification: cu‧do

cudo n (diminutive cudeńko)

1. wonder, marvel (something considered amazing)

• cudo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cudo in Polish dictionaries at PWN