raw (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Not cooked1. crūdus2. incoctus3. partly raw, half-dressedII. Of wounds, unhealed and exposedIII. Not worked or manufactured1. crūdus2. rŭdis, e (in its rough natural state; unwrought)3. infectus (poet.)IV. Inexperienced1. rŭdis, e (untrained)2. tīro (a new soldier, a raw recruit)3. impĕrītusV. Rough, unfinishedVI. Unmixed; of wineVII. Of weather • raw (adj.): I. Not cooked: 1. crūdus: r. cabbage, brassica c., Varr. R. R. 157: opp. to coctus (cooked), Pl. Aul. 3, 2, 16. 2. incoctus: do not give me r. victuals, ne mihi incocta detis, Pl. Pers. 1, 3, 13: he will not bring out r. food, incoctum non expromet, bene coctum dabit, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 55. 3. partly raw, half-dressed: subcrūdus (succ.): v. HALF-COOKED, parboiled. So also, sēmĭcrūdus: Suet. Aug. 1 (semicruda exta); and, sēmĭcoctus, Col. 8, 5, 2; (of barley, hordeum semicoctum). II. Of wounds, unhealed and exposed: crūdus: r. wounds, vulnera c., Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 19. To become r. and break out again, recrudescere (fig.), Cic. Fam. 4, 6; r. places, attritae partes, Plin. 24, 7, 28: v. to gall. III. Not worked or manufactured: 1. crūdus: r. hemp, spartum c., hoc est, non malleatum, Col. 12, 19: r. pitch, pix c., id. 12, 20: r. juice of pine, flos c. resinae, Plin. N. H. 16, 11, 22. 2. rŭdis, e (in its rough natural state; unwrought): r. ore of copper, aes r., Plin. N. H. 33, 3, 13. 3. infectus (poet.): stores of gold, coined or not coined, auri pondera facti infectique, Virg. Aen. 10, 427. IV. Inexperienced: 1. rŭdis, e (untrained): take me as a r. pupil, rudem me discipulum et integrum accipe, Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7: r. in military matters, r. agminum, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 9: cf. Liv. 24, 48, r. ad pedestria bella Numidarum gens: absol., r. puer, Hor. Od. 3, 24, 54. 2. tīro (a new soldier, a raw recruit): you will fight with an army of r. recruits, pugnabitis cum exercitu tirone, Liv. 21, 43. in apposition, tirones milites, Cic. Ph. 11, 15, 39. 3. impĕrītus: r. in speaking, i. dicendi, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175. V. Rough, unfinished: crūdus: r. verses, c. versus, Pers. 1, 92: v. rough, rugged. VI. Unmixed; of wine: mĕrus: he swallows greedily r. (i. e. neat) wine, ingurgitat merum avariter, Pl. Curc. 1, 2, 39. VII. Of weather: chilly and damp: frīgidum et humidum (coelum) cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 6, init.