rubeo

Latin > English

rubeo rubere, -, - V :: be red, become red

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

rŭbĕo: ēre, v. n. v. ruber,
I to be red or ruddy (class.).
I In gen.: ulceribus quasi inustis omne rubere Corpus, Lucr. 6, 1166: per herbas Matutina rubent radiati lumina solis, id. 5, 462; cf. id. 6, 210: oculi luce, id. 6, 1146: ocelli flendo, Cat. 3, 18: Tyrio murice lana, Ov. A. A. 3, 170: sanguine litus Undaque, id. M. 11, 375; cf. cruore, id. ib. 4, 481: sanguineis aviaria baccis, Verg. G. 2, 430.—
II In partic.
   A To be reddened by blood: Sigea rubebant Litora, Ov. M. 12, 71 (cf. supra, with sanguine and cruore).—
   B To grow red, to redden, color up, blush: rubeo, mihi crede, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; Hor. Ep. 2. 1, 267; 2, 2, 156; Juv. 1, 166.— Hence, rŭbens, entis, P. a., being red, red, reddish.
   A In gen.: in picturis ostroque rubenti, Lucr. 2, 35: rubenti minio, Tib. 2, 1, 55: murice, Verg. E. 4, 43: vere rubenti, id. G. 2, 319: rubente dextera, Hor. C. 1, 2, 2: in rubente folio, Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29 (Jahn, in foliorum venis): rubentibus auriculis, Suet. Aug. 69: cur iracundissime sint flavi rubentesque, Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 5.— Comp.: superficies, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.—
   B In partic. (acc. to II. B.), red with shame, blushing: virgo Inficitur teneras ore rubente genas, Tib. 3, 4, 32: ore rubenti, Mart. 5, 2, 7; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 327.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

rŭbĕō,¹⁰ bŭī, ēre (ruber), intr.,
1 être rouge : Lucr. 6, 1166, etc. ; Virg. G. 2, 430 ; Ov. M. 11, 375, etc.
2 [fig.] être rouge de pudeur, de honte : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 187 ; Att. 15, 4, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

rubeo, uī, ēre (ruber), I) rot sein, sol rubere solitus, Liv.: rubere aquas credunt, Curt.: rubent ocelli flendo, Catull.: sanguine terra rubet, Ov. – II) insbes., vor Scham erröten, Cic. u.a.