rubellus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ruber (“red”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ruˈbel.lus/, [rʊˈbɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ruˈbel.lus/, [ruˈbɛlːus]
Adjective edit
rubellus (feminine rubella, neuter rubellum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of ruber (“red, ruddy”): somewhat red, reddish
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rubellus | rubella | rubellum | rubellī | rubellae | rubella | |
| Genitive | rubellī | rubellae | rubellī | rubellōrum | rubellārum | rubellōrum | |
| Dative | rubellō | rubellō | rubellīs | ||||
| Accusative | rubellum | rubellam | rubellum | rubellōs | rubellās | rubella | |
| Ablative | rubellō | rubellā | rubellō | rubellīs | |||
| Vocative | rubelle | rubella | rubellum | rubellī | rubellae | rubella | |
Descendants edit
- English: rubella
- Translingual: Rubella virus
References edit
- “rubellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rubellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.