rufius

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish.

Noun

rufius m (genitive rufiī or rufī); second declension

1. The Gaulish name for the lynx

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rufius	rufiī
genitive	rufiī rufī1	rufiōrum
dative	rufiō	rufiīs
accusative	rufium	rufiōs
ablative	rufiō	rufiīs
vocative	rufie	rufiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• lynx
• chama

References

• “rufius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rufius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.