The name "Ruspe" is treated as a Greek feminine singular word equivalent to Latin "Ruspa" by Henricus de Noris,[REF] and is the form used in a list of dioceses that the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria saw as dependent on itself at the beginning of the 8th century [REF].
The name is taken to be really "Ruspae" (Latin feminine plural) by Alexander MacBean;[REF] William Smith;[REF] Morcelli;[REF] Mesnage;[REF] and the Annuario Pontificio [REF].