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/
Verb
rubeō (present infinitive rubēre, perfect active rubuī); second conjugation, limited passive
- I am red or ruddy.
- I grow red, redden; color up, blush.
Inflection
- 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 rubeo (second conjugation, 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 | rubuerimus | rubueritis | 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 | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| rubēre | rubendī | rubendō | rubendum | — | — | ||
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 (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