adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
rubicundus
rubicundus (feminine rubicunda, neuter rubicundum, comparative rubicundior)
Classical[rʊ.bɪˈkʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ru.biˈkun.dus]
Meaning
- adjectivered, ruddy, rubicund
early 11th century, Egbert van Luik, "De puella a lupellis servata", Fecunda ratis, Ernst Voigt (ed.), publ. by Max Niemeyer, 1889, page 233, lines 474-476. Quidam suscepit sacro de fonte puellam, Cui dedit et tunicam rubicundo uellere textam. Quinquagesima sancta fuit babtismatis huius, Somebody raised the girl from the baptismal font, and gave to her a riding hood woven from red wool.
[For] Holy Pentecost was the day of her baptism.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rubicundus rubicundulus | rubicunda rubicundula | rubicundum rubicundulum |
| genitive | rubicundī rubicundulī | rubicundae rubicundulae | rubicundī rubicundulī |
| dative | rubicundō rubicundulō | rubicundae rubicundulae | rubicundō rubicundulō |
| accusative | rubicundum rubicundulum | rubicundam rubicundulam | rubicundum rubicundulum |
| ablative | rubicundō rubicundulō | rubicundā rubicundulā | rubicundō rubicundulō |
| vocative | rubicunde rubicundule | rubicunda rubicundula | rubicundum rubicundulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rubicundī rubicundulī | rubicundae rubicundulae | rubicunda rubicundula |
| genitive | rubicundōrum rubicundulōrum | rubicundārum rubicundulārum | rubicundōrum rubicundulōrum |
| dative | rubicundīs rubicundulīs | rubicundīs rubicundulīs | rubicundīs rubicundulīs |
| accusative | rubicundōs rubicundulōs | rubicundās rubicundulās | rubicunda rubicundula |
| ablative | rubicundīs rubicundulīs | rubicundīs rubicundulīs | rubicundīs rubicundulīs |
| vocative | rubicundī rubicundulī | rubicundae rubicundulae | rubicunda rubicundula |
rŭbĭcundus, a, um, adj. rubeo,
I. red, ruddy:
rufus quidam, ore rubicundo, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 121; cf. id. Rud. 2, 2, 8; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26: corna, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 8: pluma, Col. 8, 2, 7: luna, Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347: Priapus, painted red, Ov. F. 6, 319 (cf. ruber): Ceres, ruddy, for flava, Verg. G. 1, 297: caelum, Vulg. Matt. 16, 2.—Comp.: sabulo, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5: habitus cometae, Sen. Q. N. 7, 11.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rubicundus adj.
rubeo, red, ruddy : Corna, H.: Priapus, painted red , O.: Ceres, ruddy , V.
Origins
Latin secundus Latin -cundus Latin rubicundus From rubeo + -cundus.
Descendants
- Catalanrubicund
- Englishrubicund
- Frenchrubicond
- Portugueserubicundo
- Spanishrubicundo
In English words that came into English from rubicundus
- rubicundrubicundus