rubricas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rubrica, rubricae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
red earth; red ocher; a law with its title written in red;
acc. pl.
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...reliqueris tuo potestatem coloris ulli capiendi, mala. buccas rubrica, creta omne corpus intinxti tibi. pessumae estis. AST. Quid..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...deverticula desidiae: quorum alii se ad album ac rubricas transtulerunt et formularii vel, ut Cicero ait, legulei quidam..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Fulvi Rutubaeque aut Pacideiani contento poplite miror proelia rubrica picta aut carbone, velut si re vera pugnent, feriant..."