rufius

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish.

Noun

rufius m (genitive rufiī or rufī); second declension

1. The Gaulish name for the lynx

Declension

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).

Synonyms

• lynx
• chama

References

• “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.