rubeus¹

Meaning

1. Late Latinadjectivered (colour)
   Admissārius tamen asinus sit huiusmodī, corpore amplō, solidō, mūsculōsō, strictīs et fortibus membrīs, nigrī vel mūrīnī maximē colōris aut rubeī: quī tamen, sī discolōrēs pilōs in palpebrīs aut auribus geret, colōrem subolis plērumque variābit.But a stud donkey should be of this kind: with a large, firm, muscular body, tight and strong limbs, of a black, or at most mouse-like or red, color; but if it has different-colored hairs on its eyelids or ears, then it will mostly make its offspring's color different.c. 400, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Opus Agriculturae, book 4 (Mensis Martius), chapter 14 (De mulis et asinis), line 3:

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Origins

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rudʰéh₁ti
3. Proto-Italic*ruðēō
4. Latinrubeus

Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin rubeus From rubeō (“to be red or reddish”) + -us. By surface analysis, Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”) + -eus.

In English words that came into English from rubeus

• rubyrubīnus
• rougerubeus
• rubinerubīnus
• rubasserubeus
• rubicellerubeus

Meaning

1. adjectiveof or pertaining to the bramble or blackberry bush
   Exacuunt aliī vallōs furcāsque bicornīs atque Amerīna parant lentae retinācula vītī. Nunc facilis rubeā texātur fiscina virgā, nunc torrēte ignī frūgēs, nunc frangite saxō.Others sharpen the stakes and two-horned forks and prepare the Amerian trellises for the flexible grapevine. Now let the easily-made basket be woven of blackberry twigs; now dry the fruits with fire, now break them with stone.29 BCE, P. Vergilius Maro, Georgics, book 1, lines 264-7:

Declension

Origins

From rubus (“bramble bush”) + -eus.