rufius

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Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish.

Noun

rufius m (genitive rufiī or rufī); second declension

  1. The Gaulish name for the lynx

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rufius rufiī
genitive rufiī
rufī1 		rufiōrum
dative rufiō rufiīs
accusative rufium rufiōs
ablative rufiō rufiīs
vocative rufie rufiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

References

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