LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

rubēscō

rubēscō (present infinitive rubēscere, perfect active rubuī)
Classical[rʊˈbeːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[ruˈbɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to grow or turn red, redden
  2. to blush, redden

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.rubēscōrubēscēbamrubēscamrubuīrubueramrubuerō
2nd sg.rubēscisrubēscēbāsrubēscēsrubuistīrubuerāsrubueris
3rd sg.rubēscitrubēscēbatrubēscetrubuitrubueratrubuerit
1st pl.rubēscimusrubēscēbāmusrubēscēmusrubuimusrubuerāmusrubuerimus
2nd pl.rubēscitisrubēscēbātisrubēscētisrubuistisrubuerātisrubueritis
3rd pl.rubēscuntrubēscēbantrubēscentrubuērunt
rubuēre
rubuerantrubuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.rubēscamrubēsceremrubuerimrubuissem
2nd sg.rubēscāsrubēscerēsrubuerīsrubuissēs
3rd sg.rubēscatrubēsceretrubueritrubuisset
1st pl.rubēscāmusrubēscerēmusrubuerīmusrubuissēmus
2nd pl.rubēscātisrubēscerētisrubuerītisrubuissētis
3rd pl.rubēscantrubēscerentrubuerintrubuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.rubēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.rubēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.rubēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.rubēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.rubēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.rubēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverubēscere—
perfect infinitiverubuisse—
present participlerubēscēns—
gerundrubēscendī, rubēscendō, rubēscendum

rŭbesco, bŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n. [rubeo], to grow red, turn red, to redden (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Aurora, Verg. A. 3, 521; Ov. M. 3, 600: mare radiis, Verg. A. 7, 25: matutina tempora, Ov. M. 13, 581: terrae mundusque, id. ib. 2, 116: saxa sanguine vatis, id. ib. 11, 19: arva novā Neptunia caede, Verg. A. 8, 695: genae, blush, Ov. M. 7, 78: Pompeius numquam non coram pluribus rubuit, Sen. Ep. 11, 3: rosa, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14: vina, id. 14, 2, 4, § 35 (Jahn, rufescentia): dentes, id. 11, 37, 63, § 167 (Jahn, rufescunt).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin rubēscō From rubeō (“to be red”) + -scō.

Quick answers

What does rubēscō mean in Latin?
rubēscō, a verb, means “to grow or turn red, redden; to blush, redden”.
What are the principal parts of rubēscō?
rubēscō, rubēscere, rubuī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce rubēscō?
In classical Latin, [rʊˈbeːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ruˈbɛs.ko].