rubedo

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English

Etymology

From Latin rubēdō (redness).

Noun

rubedo (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
  2. (alchemy) A "reddening" process, the fourth and final major stage of the alchemical magnum opus.
    Synonym: iosis
    Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, nigredo

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From rubeō (I am red) +‎ -ēdō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rubēdō f (genitive rubēdinis); third declension

  1. redness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rubēdō rubēdinēs
genitive rubēdinis rubēdinum
dative rubēdinī rubēdinibus
accusative rubēdinem rubēdinēs
ablative rubēdine rubēdinibus
vocative rubēdō rubēdinēs

Descendants

  • English: rubedo

References

  • rubedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "rubedo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rubedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rubedo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016