Rutuba

See also: rutuba

Latin

Etymology

Probably from rutuba (“confusion, turmoil”), referred to the agitated water.

The river near Ventimiglia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.tu.ba/, [ˈrʊt̪ʊbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.tu.ba/, [ˈruːt̪ubä]

Proper noun

Rutuba m sg (genitive Rutubae); first declension

1. A river in Liguria, now Roia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rutuba
Genitive	Rutubae
Dative	Rutubae
Accusative	Rutubam
Ablative	Rutubā
Vocative	Rutuba

Descendants

• Italian: Roia

References

• “Rutuba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Rutuba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Rutuba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press