Rufus

See also: rufus

English

Etymology

From Latin rūfus (“red”).

Proper noun

Rufus

1. Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     : Romans 16:13:

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

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

Translations

Biblical character

• Catalan: Ruf m
• Greek: Ρούφος (el) m (Roúfos)

  Ancient: Ῥοῦφος m (Rhoûphos)

• Irish: Rufas m
• Maori: Rutu (mi)
• Russian: Руф (ru) m (Ruf)

male given name

• Galician: Rufo (gl)

Latin

Etymology

From rūfus (“red, ruddy”).

Pronunciation

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

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.fus/, [ˈruːfus]

Proper noun

Rūfus m (genitive Rūfī); second declension

1. A masculine cognomen.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Rūfus	Rūfī
Genitive	Rūfī	Rūfōrum
Dative	Rūfō	Rūfīs
Accusative	Rūfum	Rūfōs
Ablative	Rūfō	Rūfīs
Vocative	Rūfe	Rūfī

References

• “Rufus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Rufus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray