[ˈrʊ.bɛr], [ˈruː.ber]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old East Slavic ръдръ (rŭdrŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rъdrъ). Compare the term rūfus (“red, reddish”).
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2red approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment
“intereā fax / occidit Ōceanumque rubrā tractim obruit aethrā” — meanwhile the torch (i.e., the sun) / goes down and buries the Ocean slowly with the red-lit sky
“ager olētō cōnserundō, quī in uentum fauōnium spectābit et sōlī ostentus erit: alius bonus nūllus erit. quī ager frīgidior et macrior erit, ibi oleam liciniānam serī oportet; sīn in locō crassō aut ca” — The land for planting an olive-grove on it is that which is facing the west wind and gets sun. No other will be good. If you have land that is rather cold and dry, then the Licinian olive should be pl
“Mē . . . iuuene uiolācea purpura uigēbat, cuius lībra dēnāriīs centum uenībat, nec multō post rubra Tarentīna. huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in lībrās dēnāriīs mīlle nōn poterat emī. hāc P. Lentu” — In my day, violet-colored (i.e., dark) purple was in esteem, and you could buy it for a hundred denarii a pound, and shortly after that, the red Tarentine purple. Then appeared double-dyed Tyrian, whi
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2, metonymicallyof the Mare Rubrum: of the Red Sea
Formaerubra(feminine) · rubrum(neuter) · rubrior(comparative) · ruberrimus(superlative) · in -er(masculine, nominative, singular) · ruber(masculine, nominative, singular) · rubra(feminine, nominative, singular) · rubrum(neuter, nominative, singular) · rubrī(masculine, nominative, plural) · rubrae(feminine, nominative, plural) · rubra(neuter, nominative, plural) · rubrī(genitive, masculine, singular) · rubrae(feminine, genitive, singular) · rubrī(genitive, neuter, singular) · rubrōrum(genitive, masculine, plural) · rubrārum(feminine, genitive, plural) · rubrōrum(genitive, neuter, plural) · rubrō(dative, masculine, singular) · rubrae(dative, feminine, singular) · rubrō(dative, neuter, singular)