rubeta

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rubēta n pl (genitive rubētōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) Brambles, thickets.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	rubēta
Genitive	rubētōrum
Dative	rubētīs
Accusative	rubēta
Ablative	rubētīs
Vocative	rubēta

Descendants

• Sicilian: ruvetta

Etymology 2

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

Noun

rubēta f (genitive rubētae); first declension

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

Declension

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

• “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

Etymology

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

Verb

rubeta

1. start