rubedo
English
Etymology
From Latin rubēdō (“redness”).
Noun
rubedo (uncountable)
- (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
- (alchemy) A "reddening" process, the fourth and final major stage of the alchemical magnum opus.
- Synonym: iosis
- Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, nigredo
Anagrams
- obdure
Latin
Etymology
From rubeō (“I am red”) + -ēdō.
Noun
rubēdō f (genitive rubēdinis); third declension
- redness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rubēdō | rubēdinēs |
| Genitive | rubēdinis | rubēdinum |
| Dative | rubēdinī | rubēdinibus |
| Accusative | rubēdinem | rubēdinēs |
| Ablative | rubēdine | rubēdinibus |
| Vocative | rubēdō | rubēdinēs |
Descendants
- → English: rubedo
References
- “rubedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rubedo 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)
- rubedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- rubedo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016