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Latin
Etymology
From rūga (“wrinkle”).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈruː.ɡa/,
Proper noun
Rūga m sg (genitive Rūgae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga, a Roman consul
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Ruga2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ruga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.