ruber
See also: rüber
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Cognates include Old Armenian արուրդ/երուրդ (arurd/erurd) or արոյդ/երոյդ (aroyd/eroyd), Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old East Slavic ръдръ (rŭdrŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rъdrъ). Compare dialectal form rūfus (“reddish, ruddy”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.ber/, [ˈrʊbɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.ber/, [ˈruːber]
Adjective edit
ruber (feminine rubra, neuter rubrum, comparative rubrior, superlative ruberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ruber | rubra | rubrum | rubrī | rubrae | rubra | |
Genitive | rubrī | rubrae | rubrī | rubrōrum | rubrārum | rubrōrum | |
Dative | rubrō | rubrō | rubrīs | ||||
Accusative | rubrum | rubram | rubrum | rubrōs | rubrās | rubra | |
Ablative | rubrō | rubrā | rubrō | rubrīs | |||
Vocative | ruber | rubra | rubrum | rubrī | rubrae | rubra |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
- Italian: rubro, rubino
- Corsican: rubru, rubriu, rubbriu
- Portuguese: rubro
See also edit
albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References edit
- “ruber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ruber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ruber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette