rūfŭlus

I. adj. dim. [rufus], reddish, rather red.

I. In gen.: macilentis malis rufulus, red-haired, red-headed, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 20 (cf. rufus): radices mandragorae, Plin. 25, 13, 94, § 147.—

II. In partic.: Rūfŭli, ōrum, m., the military tribunes chosen by the general himself (opp. to the Comitiati, who were chosen by the people in the Comitia); so called after one Rutilius Rufus, Liv. 7, 5 fin.; Fest. p. 261 Müll.; Ps.-Ascon. ap. Div. in Caecil. 10, p. 142.