rubeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ruðēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti (“to be red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.be.oː/, [ˈrʊbeoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.be.o/, [ˈruːbɛɔ]

Verb

rubeō (present infinitive rubēre, perfect active rubuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. I am red or ruddy.
   1. (of persons) I am blushing (as a sign of shame, modesty, or joy)

Usage notes

• This verb is stative and serves to express a state. Its inchoative pair, rubēscō, serves to express change of state.

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources. The third principal part is shared with rubēscō.

Conjugation of rubeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rubeō	rubēs	rubet	rubēmus	rubētis	rubent
	imperfect	rubēbam	rubēbās	rubēbat	rubēbāmus	rubēbātis	rubēbant
	future	rubēbō	rubēbis	rubēbit	rubēbimus	rubēbitis	rubēbunt
	perfect	rubuī	rubuistī	rubuit	rubuimus	rubuistis	rubuērunt, rubuēre
	pluperfect	rubueram	rubuerās	rubuerat	rubuerāmus	rubuerātis	rubuerant
	future perfect	rubuerō	rubueris	rubuerit	rubuerimus	rubueritis	rubuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rubeam	rubeās	rubeat	rubeāmus	rubeātis	rubeant
	imperfect	rubērem	rubērēs	rubēret	rubērēmus	rubērētis	rubērent
	perfect	rubuerim	rubuerīs	rubuerit	rubuerīmus	rubuerītis	rubuerint
	pluperfect	rubuissem	rubuissēs	rubuisset	rubuissēmus	rubuissētis	rubuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rubē	—	—	rubēte	—
	future	—	rubētō	rubētō	—	rubētōte	rubentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rubēre	rubuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		rubēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rubendī	rubendō	rubendum	rubendō	—	—

Derived terms

• rubēdō
• rubefaciō
• rubēns
• rubēscō
• rubeus
• rubicundus
• rubidus
• rubor
• subrubeō

 

Related terms

• rubelliānus
• rubelliō
• rubellulus
• rubellus
• ruber
• rubicundulus
• rubrīca
• rubricātus
• rubrīcō
• rubrīcōsus
• rubrus

 

References

• rubeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• rubeo in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• rubeo in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934