(adjective) : rūfus, a, um, kindr. with ruber
* Red, reddish, of all shades, acc. to Gell. 2, 26, 5.—In gen.: rufus quidam,redhaired, red-headed,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 119: virgo,Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 17; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 1 (cf. rufulus): vestibus,Mart. 14, 129, 1: sanguis,Cels. 2, 8: armenta,Vitr. 8, 3: sal,Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 86.—Comp.: Campana siligo rufior,Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86; 16, 14, 25, § 65.