rupex

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from a zero-grade formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp- (“to break”).

Pronunciation

Noun

rupex m (genitive rupicis); third declension

  1. a rough, uncivilized man; boor, clown, lout
    Synonyms: rupicō, rūsticus, bubulcus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rupex rupicēs
genitive rupicis rupicum
dative rupicī rupicibus
accusative rupicem rupicēs
ablative rupice rupicibus
vocative rupex rupicēs

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rumpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 529–530

Further reading

  • “rupex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "rupex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rupex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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