rupex

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Latin

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Etymology

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Possibly from a zero-grade formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp- (“to break”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rupex m (genitive rupicis); third declension

  1. a rough, uncivilized man; boor, clown, lout
    Synonyms: rupicō, rūsticus, bubulcus

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rupex rupicēs
Genitive rupicis rupicum
Dative rupicī rupicibus
Accusative rupicem rupicēs
Ablative rupice rupicibus
Vocative rupex rupicēs

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rumpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 529–530

Further reading

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  • “rupex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rupex 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)
  • rupex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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