English

Proper noun

Rufus

1. Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).
   • 1611, Bible (KJV):: Romans 16:13:

     Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

2. A male given name, used since the seventeenth century.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From rūfus ‎(“red, ruddy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈruː.fus/, [ˈruː.fʊs]

Proper noun

Rūfus m ‎(genitive Rūfī); second declension

1. A masculine cognomen.

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• Rufus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Rufus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latin

Adjective

rūfus m ‎(feminine rūfa, neuter rūfum); first/second declension

1. red, reddish, ruddy
2. (New Latin) Used as a species epithet

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• rūfescō
• rūfulus
• Rūfus

Related terms

• ruber

Descendants

• Italian: rufo
• Spanish: rufo

References

• rufus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rufus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• RUFUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rufus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• rufus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rufus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray