Rullus

See also: rullus

Latin

Etymology

From rullus (“indigent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrul.lus/, [ˈrʊlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrul.lus/, [ˈrulːus]

Proper noun

Rullus m sg (genitive Rullī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Publius Servilius Rullus, a Roman tribune

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rullus
genitive	Rullī
dative	Rullō
accusative	Rullum
ablative	Rullō
vocative	Rulle

Derived terms

• Rulliānus

References

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