ruber

See also: rüber

Latin

Alternative forms

• rubrus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

Cognates include Old Armenian արուրդ/երուրդ (arurd/erurd) or արոյդ/երոյդ (aroyd/eroyd), Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old East Slavic ръдръ (rŭdrŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rъdrъ). Compare dialectal form rūfus (“reddish, ruddy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.ber/, [ˈrʊbɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.ber/, [ˈruːber]

Adjective

ruber (feminine rubra, neuter rubrum, comparative rubrior, superlative ruberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. red (colour); ruddy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ruber	rubra	rubrum		rubrī	rubrae	rubra
Genitive	rubrī	rubrae	rubrī		rubrōrum	rubrārum	rubrōrum
Dative	rubrō		rubrō		rubrīs
Accusative	rubrum	rubram	rubrum		rubrōs	rubrās	rubra
Ablative	rubrō	rubrā	rubrō		rubrīs
Vocative	ruber	rubra	rubrum		rubrī	rubrae	rubra

Synonyms

• (red): rubeus, russus

Derived terms

• rubelliānus
• rubelliō
• rubellulus
• rubellus
• rubrolīneātus

 

Related terms

• rubēdō
• rubefaciō
• rubēns
• rubeō
• rubēscō
• rubeus
• rubia
• rubicundulus
• rubicundus
• rūbidus
• rubīnus
• rubor
• rūbrīca
• rūbricātus
• rūbrīcō
• rūbrīcōsus
• rūfus

 

Descendants

• Corsican: rubru, rubriu, rubbriu
• Italian: rubro, rubino
• Portuguese: rubro

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “ruber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ruber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ruber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.