rubellus

Latin

Etymology

From ruber (“red”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbel.lus/, [rʊˈbɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbel.lus/, [ruˈbɛlːus]

Adjective

rubellus (feminine rubella, neuter rubellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of ruber (“red, ruddy”): somewhat red, reddish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rubellus	rubella	rubellum		rubellī	rubellae	rubella
genitive	rubellī	rubellae	rubellī		rubellōrum	rubellārum	rubellōrum
dative	rubellō	rubellae	rubellō		rubellīs
accusative	rubellum	rubellam	rubellum		rubellōs	rubellās	rubella
ablative	rubellō	rubellā	rubellō		rubellīs
vocative	rubelle	rubella	rubellum		rubellī	rubellae	rubella

Descendants

• → English: rubella
• Italian: rovella
• Translingual: Rubella virus
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rubelliō
  • Italian: roviglione

References

• “rubellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rubellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.