Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From rubus (bramble) +‎ -ētum (grove).

Noun edit

rubēta n pl (genitive rubētōrum); second declension

  1. (plural only) Brambles, thickets.
Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative rubēta
Genitive rubētōrum
Dative rubētīs
Accusative rubēta
Ablative rubētīs
Vocative rubēta
Descendants edit
  • Sicilian: ruvetta

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps from the above by a shift in declension class or the addition of the feminine first-declension suffix -a.

Noun edit

rubēta f (genitive rubētae); first declension

  1. A kind of venomous toad living among bramble-bushes.
Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rubēta rubētae
Genitive rubētae rubētārum
Dative rubētae rubētīs
Accusative rubētam rubētās
Ablative rubētā rubētīs
Vocative rubēta rubētae

References edit

  • rubeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rubeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rubeta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rubeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rubetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lewis, Charlton T., Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ludian edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Finnish ruveta. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb edit

rubeta

  1. start