rubeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ruðēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti (“to be red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Pronunciation

Verb

rubeō (present infinitive rubēre, perfect active rubuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be red or ruddy
    1. (of persons) to be blushing (as a sign of shame, modesty, or joy)

Usage notes
  • This verb is stative and serves to express a state. Its inchoative pair, rubēscō, serves to express change of state. They share the same third principal part (used in the perfectum tenses).

Conjugation
   Conjugation of rubeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, only third-person forms in passive)
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
passive present — — rubētur — — rubentur
imperfect — — rubēbātur — — rubēbantur
future — — rubēbitur — — rubēbuntur
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 rubuerīmus rubuerītis rubuerint
pluperfect rubuissem rubuissēs rubuisset rubuissēmus rubuissētis rubuissent
passive present — — rubeātur — — rubeantur
imperfect — — rubērētur — — rubērentur
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 — rubērī — —
participles rubēns — — — — rubendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
rubendī rubendō rubendum rubendō — —

Derived terms

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.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
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