rubedo
English
Etymology
From Latin rubēdō (“redness”).
Noun
rubedo (uncountable)
- (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
- (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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rʊˈbeː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ruˈbɛː.d̪o]
Noun
rubēdō f (genitive rubēdinis); third declension
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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016