LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

rubēta1

rubēta f (genitive rubētae)

Meaning

  1. A kind of venomous toad living among bramble-bushes.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerubēta
rubētum		rubētae
genitiverubētae
rubētī, rubētōrum		rubētārum
rubētōrum
dativerubētae
rubētō		rubētīs
accusativerubētam
rubētum		rubētās
ablativerubētā
rubētō		rubētīs
vocativerubēta
rubētum		rubētae

rŭbēta, ae, f. rubus,
I. a kind of venomous toad living among bramble-bushes, Juv. 1, 70; 6, 659; also, ranae, Plin. 8, 31, 48, § 110; 32, 5, 18, § 48; Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 27.

Origins

Perhaps from the above by a shift in declension class or the addition of the feminine first-declension suffix -a.

noun · neutersecond declension
rubēta2
rubēta n pl (genitive rubētōrum)
Classical[rʊˈbeː.ta]Ecclesiastical[ruˈbɛː.ta]

Meaning

  1. pluralplural onlyBrambles, thickets.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerubētumrubēta
rubētae
genitiverubētae
rubētī		rubētōrum
rubētārum
dativerubētae
rubētō		rubētīs
accusativerubētam
rubētum		rubēta
rubētās
ablativerubētōrubētīs
vocativerubētumrubēta
rubētae

rŭbēta, ōrum, n. id.,
I. bramblethickets, Ov. M. 1, 105; id. F. 4, 509; Calp. Ecl. 3, 5.

Origins

From rubus (“bramble”) + -ētum (“grove”).

Descendants
  • Sicilianruvetta

Quick answers

What does rubēta mean in Latin?
rubēta, a noun, means “A kind of venomous toad living among bramble-bushes.”.
What is the genitive of rubēta?
The genitive singular is rubētae. rubēta is feminine, first declension.