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, limited passive

  1. I am red or ruddy.
  2. 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

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
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