Rubrenus

Latin

Etymology

Connected to ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbreː.nus/, [rʊˈbreːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbre.nus/, [ruˈbrɛːnus]

Proper noun

Rubrēnus m sg (genitive Rubrēnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Rubrenus Lappa, a Roman tragic poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rubrēnus
Genitive	Rubrēnī
Dative	Rubrēnō
Accusative	Rubrēnum
Ablative	Rubrēnō
Vocative	Rubrēne

References

• “Rubrenus Lappa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray