rubigo
English
Etymology
Latin rubigo
Noun
rubigo (uncountable)
- (phytopathology, obsolete) rust (fungal disease of plants)
- 1804, Annals of agriculture and other useful arts
- Dr. Darwin supposes that the rubigo which shows itself in a ferruginous powder beneath the leaves of vegetables previously diseased, may be a fungus (like the eurisiphe or mildew) […]
- 1804, Annals of agriculture and other useful arts
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rubigo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Burgio, gourbi
Latin
Noun
rūbīgō f (genitive rūbīginis); third declension
- Alternative form of rōbīgō
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rūbīgō | rūbīginēs |
| Genitive | rūbīginis | rūbīginum |
| Dative | rūbīginī | rūbīginibus |
| Accusative | rūbīginem | rūbīginēs |
| Ablative | rūbīgine | rūbīginibus |
| Vocative | rūbīgō | rūbīginēs |
References
- rubigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rubigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rubigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette