Brutus

From Latin Brutus.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹutəs/
• Rhymes: -utəs

Brutus

1. a Roman cognomen.
2. A male given name.

Brutus (plural Brutuses)

1. (historical) A kind of wig.
2. (historical) A hairstyle brushed back from the forehead, popular at the time of the French Revolution, when it was an affectation to admire the Ancient Romans.

Latin Brūtus

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Brutus m (plural Brutus or Brutusse)

1. Brutus

See brūtus.

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Brūtus m sg (genitive Brūtī); second declension

1. A cognomen of the Roman gens Iunius.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (overall work in English), Act 3; reproduced in Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1910, page 119, column 1:

     Et Tu Brutè?

     And you, Brutus?

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Brutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Brutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin Brutus.

• IPA^(key): /bɾu.ˈtus/

Brutus m

1. Brutus, legendary king of Britain
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 35 (facsimile):

     Dun mercadoꝛ que auia per nome Coliſtanus / que os leuaſſ a bꝛetãna / a que pobꝛou rei bꝛutꝰ

     Of a merchant who was called Colistanus / who took them to Britain / which was colonised by King Brutus