rubrior
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bri.or/, [ˈrʊbriɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bri.or/, [ˈruːbrior]
Adjective
rubrior (neuter rubrius); third-declension comparative adjective
- comparative degree of ruber (“red”); redder
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.85.231:
- est et alterum genus—fere oxylapathum vocant—sativo similius et acutiore folio ac rubriore
- There is also another type—they generally call it oxylapathus—even more like the cultivated one and with a more pointed and redder leaf
- est et alterum genus—fere oxylapathum vocant—sativo similius et acutiore folio ac rubriore
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rubrior | rubrius | rubriōrēs | rubriōra | |
| Genitive | rubriōris | rubriōrum | |||
| Dative | rubriōrī | rubriōribus | |||
| Accusative | rubriōrem | rubrius | rubriōrēs | rubriōra | |
| Ablative | rubriōre | rubriōribus | |||
| Vocative | rubrior | rubrius | rubriōrēs | rubriōra | |