Ῥοῦφος
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See also: Ρούφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the Latin Rūfus (a masculine cognomen), from rūfus (“red”, “reddish”; “red-haired”, “red-headed”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ûː.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈru.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈru.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈru.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈru.fos/
Proper noun
Ῥοῦφος • (Rhoûphos) m (genitive Ῥούφου); second declension
Declension
Descendants
- Greek: Ρούφος (Roúfos)
References
- G4504 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
Further reading
Rufus (Roman cognomen) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
