rupex

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from a zero-grade formation from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hrewp- (“to break”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rupex m (genitive rupicis); third declension

  1. a rough, uncivilized man; boor, clown, lout
    Synonyms: rupicō, rūsticus, bubulcus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rupex rupicēs
Genitive rupicis rupicum
Dative rupicī rupicibus
Accusative rupicem rupicēs
Ablative rupice rupicibus
Vocative rupex rupicēs

Derived terms

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rumpō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 529–530

Further reading
  • “rupex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rupex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rupex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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