rubesco

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Latin

Etymology

From rubeō (I am red) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

rubēscō (present infinitive rubēscere, perfect active rubuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to grow or turn red, redden
  2. to blush, redden

Conjugation

  • The third principal part is shared with rubeō.
   Conjugation of rubēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rubēscō rubēscis rubēscit rubēscimus rubēscitis rubēscunt
imperfect rubēscēbam rubēscēbās rubēscēbat rubēscēbāmus rubēscēbātis rubēscēbant
future rubēscam rubēscēs rubēscet rubēscēmus rubēscētis rubēscent
perfect rubuī rubuistī rubuit rubuimus rubuistis rubuērunt,
rubuēre
pluperfect rubueram rubuerās rubuerat rubuerāmus rubuerātis rubuerant
future perfect rubuerō rubueris rubuerit rubuerimus rubueritis rubuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rubēscam rubēscās rubēscat rubēscāmus rubēscātis rubēscant
imperfect rubēscerem rubēscerēs rubēsceret rubēscerēmus rubēscerētis rubēscerent
perfect rubuerim rubuerīs rubuerit rubuerīmus rubuerītis rubuerint
pluperfect rubuissem rubuissēs rubuisset rubuissēmus rubuissētis rubuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rubēsce rubēscite
future rubēscitō rubēscitō rubēscitōte rubēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives rubēscere rubuisse
participles rubēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
rubēscendī rubēscendō rubēscendum rubēscendō

Derived terms

References

  • rubesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rubesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rubesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.