rubeo
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
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.
