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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of rubeō (“I am red”).
Participle
rubēns (genitive rubentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- being red; red, reddish, ruddy
- (growing) red, reddening, blushing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
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- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “rubens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rubens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rubens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.