rufius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Gaulish.

Noun[edit]

rufius m (genitive rufiī or rufī); second declension

  1. The Gaulish name for the lynx

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rufius rufiī
Genitive rufiī
rufī1
rufiōrum
Dative rufiō rufiīs
Accusative rufium rufiōs
Ablative rufiō rufiīs
Vocative rufie rufiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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References[edit]

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