Brutus

From Latin Brutus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹutəs/

Brutus

1. a Roman cognomen.
2. A male given name.

Brutus (plural Brutuses)

1. (historical) A kind of wig.
2. (historical) A hairstyle brushed back from the forehead, popular at the time of the French Revolution, when it was an affectation to admire the Ancient Romans.

See brūtus

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.tus/, [ˈbruːt̪ʊs̠]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbru.tus/, [ˈbruːt̪us]

Brūtus m sg (genitive Brūtī); second declension

1. A cognomen of the Roman gens Iunius.
   • 1599 CE: William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

     Et tū, Brūte?

     And you, Brutus?

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

Borrowed from Latin Brutus.

• IPA^(key): /bɾu.ˈtus/

Brutus m

1. Brutus, legendary king of Britain
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 35 (facsimile):

     Dun mercadoꝛ que auia per nome Coliſtanus / que os leuaſſ a bꝛetãna / a que pobꝛou rei bꝛutꝰ

     Of a merchant who was called Colistanus / who took them to Britain / which was colonised by King Brutus