rubricus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ruber.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbriː.kus/, [rʊˈbriːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbri.kus/, [ruˈbriːkus]

Adjective

rubrīcus (feminine rubrīca, neuter rubrīcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. red

   Synonyms: rubeus, rubicundus, rubidus, rubricatus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rubrīcus	rubrīca	rubrīcum		rubrīcī	rubrīcae	rubrīca
Genitive	rubrīcī	rubrīcae	rubrīcī		rubrīcōrum	rubrīcārum	rubrīcōrum
Dative	rubrīcō		rubrīcō		rubrīcīs
Accusative	rubrīcum	rubrīcam	rubrīcum		rubrīcōs	rubrīcās	rubrīca
Ablative	rubrīcō	rubrīcā	rubrīcō		rubrīcīs
Vocative	rubrīce	rubrīca	rubrīcum		rubrīcī	rubrīcae	rubrīca

Derived terms

• rubrica

Related terms

• rubricosus
• ruber

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

• rubricus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rubricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.