LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

rubor

rubor m (genitive rubōris)
Classical[ˈrʊ.bɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈruː.bor]

Meaning

  1. masculineredness
  2. broadlymasculineblush
  3. figurativelymasculinemodesty
  4. figurativelymasculineshame, disgrace
    Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.He said that two things had abashed him.

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

color ruber pudōris
rubor -ōris (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 23

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeruborrubōrēs
genitiverubōrisrubōrum
dativerubōrīrubōribus
accusativerubōremrubōrēs
ablativerubōrerubōribus
vocativeruborrubōrēs

rŭbor, ōris, m. rubeo,
I. redness of all shades, cf. Gell. 2, 26, 5 (class.).
I. In gen.: candore mixtus rubor, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: medicamenta ruboris, id. Or. 23, 79; cf. Ov. M. 3, 491; id. Am. 3, 3, 5 sq.: cui plurimus ignem Subjecit rubor, Verg. A. 12, 66 sq.: quidam ruboris acerrimi, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 2; Plin. 11, 38, 91, § 224: in ore impudentia multo rubore effusa, Plin. Pan. 48, 4; Tac. Agr. 45: cocci, Plin. 10, 22, 29, § 56.—Plur.: Tyrios incocta rubores, i. e. purple, Verg. G. 3, 307: molles rubores, Sen. Herc. Oet. 664.—
II. In partic., a blush.
A. Lit.: pudorem rubor consequitur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: Masinissae haec audienti non rubor solum suffusus, sed lacrimae etiam obortae, Liv. 30, 15: verecundus, Ov. M. 1, 484; cf. id. ib. 2, 450; 4, 329; 6, 47.—In a comic equivoque: in ruborem te totum dabo, I will make you red all over, Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 9 (cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 37 sq.).—
B. Meton. (causa pro effectu), shamefacedness, bashfulness, modesty (syn. pudor; not freq. till after the Aug. per.): (orator) praestet ingenuitatem et ruborem suum verborum turpitudine et rerum obscenitate vitandā, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242; cf.: ruborem incutere, Liv. 45, 37 fin.: ruborem afferre, Tac. A. 13, 15: vox, quae vel rabulae cuivis ruborem inicere potest, to put to the blush, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: vultu modesto ruborisque pleno (shortly after: verecundia oris), Suet. Dom. 18: proprius, Tac. H. 4, 7: antiquitatis, Plin. 36, 1, 2, § 4.—
2. Esp., after the Aug. per., by a further meton. (like pudor), the cause of shame; shame, disgrace: censoris judicium nihil fere damnato nisi ruborem affert, Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 6: nec tunicam tibi sit posuisse, rubori, Ov. Am. 3, 14, 21; cf.: duas res ei rubori fuisse, unam, quod, etc., Liv. 45, 13; 4, 35, 11; so, rubori est (alicui), Tac. A. 14, 55 fin.; 11, 17; for which also: nec rubor est emisse palam, Ov. A. A. 3, 167; Tac. G. 13: minorem quippe ruborem fore in juris iniquitate, quam si, etc., Liv. 4, 35 fin.; cf.: nil tua facta ruboris habent, Ov. H. 20, 204: rubor ac dedecus penes omnes, Tac. H. 1, 30: saepe minus est constantiae in rubore quam in culpā, Curt. 9, 7, 25.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin rubor From rubeō (“to be red, reddish”) + -or.

Descendants
  • Catalanrubor
  • Portugueserubor
  • Portuguesearrebol
  • Spanishrubor
  • Spanisharrebol
  • Old Frenchrovur
  • Old Frenchroveur

Quick answers

What does rubor mean in Latin?
rubor, a noun, means “redness; blush; modesty”.
What is the genitive of rubor?
The genitive singular is rubōris. rubor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce rubor?
In classical Latin, [ˈrʊ.bɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈruː.bor].
Where does rubor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti → Proto-Italic *ruðēō → Latin rubor.