rubrior
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʊ.bri.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈruː.bri.or]
Adjective
rubrior (comparative, neuter rubrius); third declension
- comparative degree of ruber (“red”); redder
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.85.231:
- est et alterum genus—fere oxylapathum vocant—sativo similius et acutiore folio ac rubriore
- There is also another type—they generally call it oxylapathus—even more like the cultivated one and with a more pointed and redder leaf
- est et alterum genus—fere oxylapathum vocant—sativo similius et acutiore folio ac rubriore
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | rubrior | rubrius | rubriōrēs | rubriōra | |
| genitive | rubriōris | rubriōrum | |||
| dative | rubriōrī | rubriōribus | |||
| accusative | rubriōrem | rubrius | rubriōrēs rubriōrīs |
rubriōra | |
| ablative | rubriōre rubriōrī |
rubriōribus | |||
| vocative | rubrior | rubrius | rubriōrēs | rubriōra | |