Rusticus
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Rusticus is a Latin adjective meaning "rural, simple, rough or clownish" and can refer to:
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Animals:
- The rusty crayfishRusty crayfishThe rusty crayfish, Orconectes rusticus, is a large, aggressive species of freshwater crayfish which is native to the U.S. states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee...
(Orconectes rusticus). - The gossamer-winged butterfly genus Rusticus, today usually included in Plebejus
- The ground spiderSpiderSpiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
Urozelotes rusticus - Aedes rusticusAedes rusticusAedes rusticus, it is a relatively common European mosquito, that is often responsible for human bites from May to August. Like all mosquitoes, it is only the females that bite.-Distribution:...
, a relatively common European mosquito
People:
- Saint Rusticus of Narbonne (died ca. 461)
- One of the martyred companions of Saint DenisDenisSaint Denis is a Christian martyr and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in connection with the Decian persecution of Christians, shortly after A.D. 250...
- Martyr of Verona. See Saint Firmus and Saint RusticusSaint Firmus and Saint RusticusSaints Firmus and Rusticus are venerated as two martyrs of Verona. Their unreliable Acts state that Firmus and Rusticus, kinsmen, were prominent citizens of Bergamo. They were martyred at Verona under the Emperor Maximian after refusing to sacrifice to pagan idols...
- St. Rusticus, Archbishop of LyonSt. Rusticus, Archbishop of LyonSaint Rusticus was the Archbishop of Lyon, since the year of 494, the successor of Saint Lupicinus of Lyon . Later canonized, his Feast Day is 25 April...
(ca 455–501), Archbishop of Lyon - Fabius RusticusFabius RusticusFabius Rusticus was a Roman historian who was quoted on several occasions by Tacitus. Tacitus couples his name with that of Livy and describes him as "the most graphic among ancient and modern historians." Tacitus also said that he embellished matters with his eloquence...
, historian of ancient Rome - Arulenus RusticusArulenus RusticusQuintus Junius Arulenus Rusticus, , is more usually called Arulenus Rusticus, but sometimes also Junius Rusticus. He was a friend and follower of Thrasea Paetus, and, like the latter, an ardent admirer of Stoic philosophy...
, (c. 35-93 AD) consul executed by Domitian - Flavius Rusticus HelpidiusFlavius Rusticus HelpidiusFlavius Rusticius Helpidius was a fifth century Latin poet.The name is shared by several Latin writers.#It appears in the manuscript of Pomponius Mela and Julius Paris as the signature of a reviser, in the form Fl. Rusticius Helpidius Domnulus...
, a fifth century Latin poet - Junius RusticusJunius RusticusQuintus Junius Rusticus , probably a grandson of Arulenus Rusticus, was one of the teachers of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, and the most distinguished Stoic philosophers of his time...
, (2nd century) Stoic philosopher, consul, and friend of Marcus Aurelius - Rusticus Diaconus, 6th century Deacon of Rome