rubro
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈru.bro/, [ˈr̺uːbr̺o]
- Hyphenation: rù‧bro
Adjective
rubro (feminine singular rubra, masculine plural rubri, feminine plural rubre) (rare)
- (archaic) red
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, lines 79–81, page 105:
- Con costui corse infino al lito rubro; ¶ con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace, ¶ che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.
- With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; ¶ with him it placed the world in so great peace, ¶ that unto Janus was his temple closed.
- Synonyms: rosso, rufo
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rubro m (feminine singular rubra, masculine plural rubros, feminine plural rubras, comparable)
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