Adjective: ruber
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | ruber |
| Singular fem. | rubra |
| Singular neut. | rubrum |
| Plural masc. | rubrī |
| Plural fem. | rubrae |
| Plural neut. | rubra |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | rubrī |
| Singular fem. | rubrae |
| Singular neut. | rubrī |
| Plural masc. | rubrōrum |
| Plural fem. | rubrārum |
| Plural neut. | rubrōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | rubrō |
| Singular fem. | rubrae |
| Singular neut. | rubrō |
| Plural masc. | rubrīs |
| Plural fem. | rubrīs |
| Plural neut. | rubrīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | rubrum |
| Singular fem. | rubram |
| Singular neut. | rubrum |
| Plural masc. | rubrōs |
| Plural fem. | rubrās |
| Plural neut. | rubra |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | rubrō |
| Singular fem. | rubrā |
| Singular neut. | rubrō |
| Plural masc. | rubrīs |
| Plural fem. | rubrīs |
| Plural neut. | rubrīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | ruber |
| Singular fem. | rubra |
| Singular neut. | rubrum |
| Plural masc. | rubrī |
| Plural fem. | rubrae |
| Plural neut. | rubra |
Comparison
| Comparative | rubrior |
| Superlative | ruberrimus |
Sample Sentences
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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) [239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales 16.416]
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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 calidō sēueris, hostus nēquam erit et ferundō arbor perībit et muscus ruber molestus erit. (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 planted there; else if you plant it in a wet or a warm place, the olive yield will be wretched and the tree will die giving this yield, and there will be red moss that causes trouble.) [234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura 6.2.6]
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Mē . . . iuuene uiolācea purpura uigēbat, cuius lībra dēnāriīs centum uēnībat, nec multō post rubra Tarentīna. huic successit dibapha Tyria, quae in lībrās dēnāriīs mīlle nōn poterat emī. hāc P. Lentulus Spinthēr aedīlis curūlis prīmus in praetextā ūsus inprobābātur. quā purpurā quis nōn iam . . . trīclīniāria facit? (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, which you by the pound couldn't buy with a thousand denarii. Publius Lentulus Spinther, when he was aedile of the curule seat, used this purple in his praetexta toga, first one to do that, and he was criticized for it. This purple, who doesn't now make already dining room cushions with it?) [c. 110 BCE – c. 25 BCE, Cornelius Nepos, Fragments 27.2]
Adjectives inflected like ruber
aeger,
macer,
tēter,
piger,
ruber,
integer,
crēber,
taeter,
pulcher,
pulcer,
āter,
Etymology
1. From Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
2. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós), Sanskrit रु॒धि॒र (rudhirá), Old East Slavic ръдръ (rŭdrŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rъdrъ). Compare the term rūfus (“red, reddish”).
Verbs referencing "ruber"
English Adjectives
red, Italian Adjectives
rubro, Portuguese Adjectives
rubro, English Adjectives
rubific.
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