rubricatus

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Latin

Etymology

Either formed directly from the noun rūbrīca (“red ochre”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”, adjective-forming suffix), or formed as the perfect passive participle of a verb rū̆brī̆cō (“to paint red”). The length of the vowels in the first two syllables of the verb are uncertain as it has two potential derivations: from the noun rūbrīca +‎ -ō, implying the pronunciation rūbrīcō, or from the adjective ruber (“red”) +‎ -icō, implying the pronunciation rubricō; its formation may perhaps have been reanalyzed over time. The association with the legal field is presumably based on a practice of writing the headings of laws in red.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rū̆brī̆cātus (feminine rū̆brī̆cāta, neuter rū̆brī̆cātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (painted) red
    • c. 1st century CE, Carmina Priapea , (uncertain meter):
      Tutelam pomari, diligens Priape, facito:
      rubricato furibus minare mutinio.
      Careful Priapus, keep watch of the orchard:
      threaten thieves with red(-painted) penis.
  2. (by extension) legal, law-related
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyrica 46.7:
      Emi ergo nunc puero aliquot libra rubricata, quia volo illum ad domusionem aliquid de iure gustare.
      • 2020 translation by Gareth Schmeling
        I've now bought some law books for the boy, because I want him to get a taste of the law so that he can manage our household business.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative rū̆brī̆cātus rū̆brī̆cāta rū̆brī̆cātum rū̆brī̆cātī rū̆brī̆cātae rū̆brī̆cāta
Genitive rū̆brī̆cātī rū̆brī̆cātae rū̆brī̆cātī rū̆brī̆cātōrum rū̆brī̆cātārum rū̆brī̆cātōrum
Dative rū̆brī̆cātō rū̆brī̆cātō rū̆brī̆cātīs
Accusative rū̆brī̆cātum rū̆brī̆cātam rū̆brī̆cātum rū̆brī̆cātōs rū̆brī̆cātās rū̆brī̆cāta
Ablative rū̆brī̆cātō rū̆brī̆cātā rū̆brī̆cātō rū̆brī̆cātīs
Vocative rū̆brī̆cāte rū̆brī̆cāta rū̆brī̆cātum rū̆brī̆cātī rū̆brī̆cātae rū̆brī̆cāta

Derived terms

References

  • “rubricatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rubricatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “rubricatus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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