rupex

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rŭpex, ĭcis, m.,

a rough , uncultivated man; a boor , rustic , clown (ante- and postclass., and mostly in the plur.), Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. squarrosi, pp. 328 and 329 Müll.; Gell. 13, 9, 5; Tert. Apol. 21 fin. ; id. Anim. 6 fin. ; in sing., Tert. Pall. 4 (cf. rupico).