English

Proper noun

Brutus

1. a Roman cognomen

Translations

Latin

Etymology

See brūtus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.tus/, [ˈbruː.tʊs]

Proper noun

Brūtus m ‎(genitive Brūtī); second declension

1. A cognomen of the Roman gens Iunius.
   • 1599 CE: William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

     Et tū, Brūte?

     And you, Brutus?

Inflection

Second declension.

References

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

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Brutus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾu.ˈtus/

Proper noun

Brutus m

1. Brutus, legendary king of Britain
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 35 (facsimile):

     Dun mercadoꝛ que auia per nome Coliſtanus / que os leuaſſ a bꝛetãna / a que pobꝛou rei bꝛutꝰ

     Of a merchant who was called Colistanus / who took them to Britain / which was colonised by King Brutus

Latin

Adjective

brūtus m ‎(feminine brūta, neuter brūtum); first/second declension

1. heavy, unwieldy
2. dull, stupid, insensible, unreasonable, irrational

Declension

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• brūtum

Descendants

References

• 1. brūtus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• brutus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BRUTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 brūtus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 229/3.
• brutus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• brutus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• brute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “brūtus¹” on page 243/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “brutus” on page 107/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)