rubello

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈbɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: ru‧bèl‧lo

Adjective

rubello (feminine rubella, masculine plural rubelli, feminine plural rubelle)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ribelle (“rebellious”)
   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro tredecimo”, in Nuova Cronica‎^[1], published 1991, section 32:

     Ancora nel detto tempo e mese furono per lo detto popolo fatti uficiali a rimettere tra ribelli certi Ghibellini caporali, e altri possenti stati rubelli prima

     And, in that same year and month, by that same people, some officials were made to put some Ghibelline corporals among the rebels, along with some other potentates that had been rebellious before

   • 1581, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide‎^[2], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro VI, page 296:

     […] e qui ne l’imo
     Suo baratro dal fulmine trafitti
     Son gli antichi Titàni al ciel rubelli

     And here, in its deep chasm, the ancient Titans, rebellious against the heavens, are pierced by lightning

Noun

rubello m (plural rubelli, feminine rubella)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ribelle (“rebel”)

Further reading

• rubello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

rubellō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rubellus