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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
- to grow or turn red, redden
- to blush, redden
Conjugation
- The third principal part is shared with rubeō.
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.