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Rufi

Rufi is a Latin form of Rufus, meaning “Rufus, a Roman family name ("red-haired")”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

Found 37 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.38: Adventu L. Vibullii Rufi, quem a Pompeio missum in Hispaniam demonstratum est, Afranius et Petreius et Varro, legati Pompei, quorum un …

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.26.5: … us est, sed cum aliter rubeat ignis, aliter sanguis, aliter ostrum, aliter crocum, aliter aurum, has singulas rufi varietates Latina oratio singulis propriisque vocabulis non demonstrat omniaque ista significat una ruboris a …

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 1.1.12: Adoptaui te cum abdicatus es: cum adoptas abdico. VIBI RVFI. Cum egerem aiebam: “satis se uindicauit, quod a dispensatore locupletis inimici consors modo omnis fortunae …

All forms of Rufus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.