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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from a zero-grade formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp- (“to break”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
rupex m (genitive rupicis); third declension
- a rough, uncivilized man; boor, clown, lout
- Synonyms: rupicō, rūsticus, bubulcus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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.