rubee
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rubeus, rubea, rubeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
bramble-, of or produced from bramble;; red (esp. of oxen/domestic animals); red (type of wheat, other contexts);
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tegunt chrysendeta mulli: concolor in nostra, cammare, lance rubes. Grex tuus Iliaco poterat certare cinaedo: at mihi succurrit..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...segmenta, requiro Nec te, quae Tyrio murice, lana, rubes. Cum tot prodierint pretio leviore colores, Quis furor..."
