rufus
See also: Rufus
Latin
Etymology
Related to ruber. Probably from an Italic cognate such as Oscan [script needed] (Rufriis) or Umbrian 𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌓𐌖 (rufru).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈruː.fus/, [ˈruːfʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.fus/, [ˈruːfus]
Adjective
rūfus (feminine rūfa, neuter rūfum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rūfus | rūfa | rūfum | rūfī | rūfae | rūfa | |
| Genitive | rūfī | rūfae | rūfī | rūfōrum | rūfārum | rūfōrum | |
| Dative | rūfō | rūfō | rūfīs | ||||
| Accusative | rūfum | rūfam | rūfum | rūfōs | rūfās | rūfa | |
| Ablative | rūfō | rūfā | rūfō | rūfīs | |||
| Vocative | rūfe | rūfa | rūfum | rūfī | rūfae | rūfa | |
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References
- “rufus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rufus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rufus 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)
- rufus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.