Rufus

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Etymology

From Latin rūfus (“red”).

Proper noun

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.
  3. A minor city in Sherman County, Oregon, United States.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From rūfus (“red, ruddy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈruː.fus/,

Proper noun

Rūfus m (genitive Rūfī); second declension

  1. A masculine cognomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Rūfus Rūfī
genitive Rūfī Rūfōrum
dative Rūfō Rūfīs
accusative Rūfum Rūfōs
ablative Rūfō Rūfīs
vocative Rūfe Rūfī

References

  • “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
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