See also: rufus

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Etymology edit

From Latin rūfus (red).

Proper noun edit

Rufus

  1. Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).
  2. A male given name from Latin, used since the seventeenth century.

Translations edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From rūfus (red, ruddy).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈruː.fus/, [ˈruːfʊs̠]

Proper noun edit

Rūfus m (genitive Rūfī); second declension

  1. A masculine cognomen.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Rūfus Rūfī
Genitive Rūfī Rūfōrum
Dative Rūfō Rūfīs
Accusative Rūfum Rūfōs
Ablative Rūfō Rūfīs
Vocative Rūfe Rūfī

References edit

  • Rufus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Rufus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Rufus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Rufus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray