rubescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rubesco, rubescere, rubui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
turn red, redden, become red;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...virides satis inlacrimare sorores, vellera Sidonio iam pauca rubescere tabo raraque longaevis nivibus crystalla gelari. huic Hermum fulvoque..."- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...mutatamque insita mala ferre pirum et prunis lapidosa rubescere corna. Quare agite o proprios generatim discite cultus, agricolae..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...udaeque inmittor harenae: nox ibi consumpta est; aurora rubescere primo coeperat: exsurgo laticesque inferre recentis admoneo monstroque viam..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...statione novissimus exit. Quem petere ut terras mundumque rubescere vidit cornuaque extremae velut evanescere lunae, iungere equos Titan..."