rubesco

Latin

Etymology

From rubeō (“I am red”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbeːs.koː/, [rʊˈbeːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbes.ko/, [ruˈbɛsko]

Verb

rubēscō (present infinitive rubēscere, perfect active rubuī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to grow or turn red, redden
2. to blush, redden

Conjugation

• The third principal part is shared with rubeō.

   Conjugation of rubēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rubēscō	rubēscis	rubēscit	rubēscimus	rubēscitis	rubēscunt
	imperfect	rubēscēbam	rubēscēbās	rubēscēbat	rubēscēbāmus	rubēscēbātis	rubēscēbant
	future	rubēscam	rubēscēs	rubēscet	rubēscēmus	rubēscētis	rubēscent
	perfect	rubuī	rubuistī	rubuit	rubuimus	rubuistis	rubuērunt, rubuēre
	pluperfect	rubueram	rubuerās	rubuerat	rubuerāmus	rubuerātis	rubuerant
	future perfect	rubuerō	rubueris	rubuerit	rubuerimus	rubueritis	rubuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rubēscam	rubēscās	rubēscat	rubēscāmus	rubēscātis	rubēscant
	imperfect	rubēscerem	rubēscerēs	rubēsceret	rubēscerēmus	rubēscerētis	rubēscerent
	perfect	rubuerim	rubuerīs	rubuerit	rubuerīmus	rubuerītis	rubuerint
	pluperfect	rubuissem	rubuissēs	rubuisset	rubuissēmus	rubuissētis	rubuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rubēsce	—	—	rubēscite	—
	future	—	rubēscitō	rubēscitō	—	rubēscitōte	rubēscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rubēscere	rubuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		rubēscēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rubēscendī	rubēscendō	rubēscendum	rubēscendō	—	—

Derived terms

• ērubēscō

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.