adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
rūfus1
rūfus (feminine rūfa, neuter rūfum)
Classical[ˈruː.fʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈruː.fus]
Meaning
- adjectivered (in the most general sense, of all shades including orange and yellow)
tertium genus [papāveris] rhān vocant Graecī, id nostrī errāticum; sponte quidem, sed in arvīs cum hordeō maximē nāscitur, ērūcae simile, cubitālī altitūdine, flōre rūfō et prōtinus dēciduō, unde et nōmen ā Graecīs accēpit.
The third kind [of poppy] the Greeks call rhoea, and we call it "wild" (erraticum); it grows on its own, though on cultivated fields, especially together with barley, similar to rocket, being an elbow in height, with a red flower that is always falling off, from whence it has received that name from the Greeks.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 19.53.169 - adjectivered-haired, including shades of hair considered in modern English to be brown or blond
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rūfus rūfulus | rūfa rūfula | rūfum rūfulum |
| genitive | rūfī rūfulī | rūfae rūfulae | rūfī rūfulī |
| dative | rūfō rūfulō | rūfae rūfulae | rūfō rūfulō |
| accusative | rūfum rūfulum | rūfam rūfulam | rūfum rūfulum |
| ablative | rūfō rūfulō | rūfā rūfulā | rūfō rūfulō |
| vocative | rūfe rūfule | rūfa rūfula | rūfum rūfulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rūfī rūfulī | rūfae rūfulae | rūfa rūfula |
| genitive | rūfōrum rūfulōrum | rūfārum rūfulārum | rūfōrum rūfulōrum |
| dative | rūfīs rūfulīs | rūfīs rūfulīs | rūfīs rūfulīs |
| accusative | rūfōs rūfulōs | rūfās rūfulās | rūfa rūfula |
| ablative | rūfīs rūfulīs | rūfīs rūfulīs | rūfīs rūfulīs |
| vocative | rūfī rūfulī | rūfae rūfulae | rūfa rūfula |
rūfus, a, um, adj. kindr. with ruber,
I. red, reddish, of all shades, acc. to Gell. 2, 26, 5.—In gen.:
rufus quidam, redhaired, red-headed, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 119: virgo, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 17; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 1 (cf. rufulus): vestibus, Mart. 14, 129, 1: sanguis, Cels. 2, 8: armenta, Vitr. 8, 3: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 86.—Comp.: Campana siligo rufior, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86; 16, 14, 25, § 65.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rūfus adj.
RVB-, red, reddish : virgo, redhaired , T.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *rouðos. The medial -f- indicates a borrowing from a Sabellic language such as Oscan 𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌔 (rufriis), Umbrian 𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌓𐌖 (rufru), or from a sister variety such as Faliscan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). It might have penetrated urban Latin by virtue of the fact that it was used as an attribute for oxen sold in the markets in Rome.
Descendants
- Catalanrúfol
- Englishrufous
- Englishrufo-
- Italianrufo
- Spanishrufo