rubeo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʊ.be.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈruː.be.o]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti

Proto-Italic *ruðēō

Latin rubeo

Inherited from Proto-Italic *ruðēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti (“to be red”).

Verb

rubeō (present infinitive rubēre, perfect active rubuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive

1. to be red or ruddy
2. (of persons) to be 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. They share the same third principal part (used in the perfectum tenses).

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rubeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, third person-only in the passive)

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
passive	present	—		—		rubētur		—		—		rubentur
	imperfect	—		—		rubēbātur		—		—		rubēbantur
	future	—		—		rubēbitur		—		—		rubēbuntur
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
passive	present	—		—		rubeātur		—		—		rubeantur
	imperfect	—		—		rubērētur		—		—		rubērentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		rubē		—		—		rubēte		—
	future	—		rubētō		rubētō		—		rubētōte		rubentō
passive	future	—		—		rubētor		—		—		rubentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		rubēre			rubērī			rubēns			—
future		—			—			—			rubendum
perfect		rubuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		rubendī		rubendō		rubendum		rubendō		—		—

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• rubelliānus
• rubelliō
• rubellulus
• rubellus
• ruber
• rūbidus
• rūbrīca
• rūbrīcātus
• rūbrīcō
• rūbrīcōsus
• rubrus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rubeō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rubeus

Further reading

• “rubeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rubeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “rubeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 508