noun · neuterindeclinable, variously declined, third declension
rībēs
rībēs n or f (genitive rībēs or rībis)
Classical[ˈriː.beːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈriː.bes]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinindeclinablecurrant
DE RIBES [...] Ribes est frigida & sicca, stringit ventrem, extinguit choleram, acuitatem sanguinis.
On the currant ... The currant is cold and dry; it constricts the belly [and] gets rid of cholera [and] sharpness of blood.1531 (written a. 1300), Ioannes Serapio Arabs, translated by Abrahamus Iudaeus et Symon Ianuensis, edited by Otho Brunfelsius, De Simplicibus Medicinis, CCXXXI. De Ribes, page 155:De Ribes. Ribes, sive (secundum Stephanum) Ribesum, non est hoc arbustum, cuius fructu in Italia falso pro vero ribes, omnes vtuntur pharmacopôlae.
On the Currant. The Currant, or (according to Stephanus) Ribesum, is not that tree whose fruits all the pharmacists in Italy use falsely instead of the true currant.1546, In Antidotarium Ioannis filii Mesuae Censura, Lyon: apud Ioannem et Franciscum Frellonios fratres, CCVI. Rob de ribes &c., page 400:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rībēs | rībēs |
| genitive | rībis | rībium |
| dative | rībī | rībibus |
| accusative | rībem | rībēs rībīs |
| ablative | rībe | rībibus |
| vocative | rībēs | rībēs |
Origins
From Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).
Descendants
- GermanRibisel
- Italianribes
- Icelandicrifsfrom Danish ribs
- Mòchenoribesfrom Italian ribes
- Norwegian Bokmålrips
- Norwegian Nynorskrips
- TranslingualRibes