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 (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.