rufulus
rūfŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [rufus], reddish, rather red.
- I In gen.: macilentis malis rufulus, red-haired, red-headed, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 20 (400) (cf. rufus): radices mandragorae, Plin. 25, 13, 94, § 147.—
- II In partic.: Rūfŭli, ōrum, m., the military tribunes chosen by the general himself (opp. to the Comitiati, who were chosen by the people in the Comitia); so called after one Rutilius Rufus, Liv. 7, 5 fin.; Fest. p. 261 Müll.; Ps.-Ascon. ap. Div. in Caecil. 10, p. 142.
rūfulus, a, um (Demin. v. rufus), rötlich, Plin.: rufulus (homo), rotköpfig, Rotkopf, Plaut.
ventricosus, -a, -um, id est grossus, quod etiam ventruosus dicitur, Plautus in Amphitrione ‘macilentis malis ruffulis, et aliquantulum ventruosis’ [recte macilentis malis, rufulus aliquantum ventriosus ]; item in Asinaria ‘ruffulus est’, inquit ‘aliquantulum ventruosus’
rūfŭlus, (16) a, um, dim. de rufus : Plin. 25, 147.