rufus
See also: Rufus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *rouβos. The medial -f- indicates a borrowing from a Sabellic language such as Oscan 𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔 (rufriis), Umbrian 𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌓𐌖 (rufru), or from a sister variety such as Faliscan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). It might have penetrated urban Latin by virtue of the fact that it was used as an attribute for oxen sold in the markets in Rome. The word rōbus, which ended up being limited to oxen instead, represents the regular outcome of the same etymon.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈruː.fus/, [ˈruːfʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.fus/, [ˈruːfus]
Adjective
rūfus (feminine rūfa, neuter rūfum); first/second-declension adjective
- red, reddish, ruddy
- redheaded, red-haired
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 | |
Derived terms
- rūfēscō
- Rūfius
- rūfulus
- Rūfus
Related terms
- rōbus
- ruber
Descendants
- >? Catalan: rúfol
- → English: rufous
- Italian: rufo
- Spanish: rufo
See also
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | āter, niger, piceus |
| pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
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