rubrior

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.bri.or/, [ˈrʊbriɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.bri.or/, [ˈruːbrior]

Adjective

rubrior (comparative, neuter rubrius); third declension

1. comparative degree of ruber (“red”); redder
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.85.231:

     est et alterum genus—fere oxylapathum vocant—sativo similius et acutiore folio ac rubriore

     There is also another type—they generally call it oxylapathus—even more like the cultivated one and with a more pointed and redder leaf

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	rubrior	rubrius		rubriōrēs	rubriōra
genitive	rubriōris			rubriōrum
dative	rubriōrī			rubriōribus
accusative	rubriōrem	rubrius		rubriōrēs rubriōrīs	rubriōra
ablative	rubriōre rubriōrī			rubriōribus
vocative	rubrior	rubrius		rubriōrēs	rubriōra