rubedo

English

Etymology

From Latin rubēdō (“redness”).

Noun

rubedo (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A diffused redness of the skin; blushing or flushing.
2. (alchemy) A "reddening" process, the fourth and final major stage of the alchemical magnum opus.

   Synonym: iosis

   Coordinate terms: albedo, citrinitas, nigredo

Anagrams

• obdure

Latin

Etymology

From rubeō (“I am red”) +‎ -ēdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbeː.doː/, [rʊˈbeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbe.do/, [ruˈbɛːd̪o]

Noun

rubēdō f (genitive rubēdinis); third declension

1. redness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rubēdō	rubēdinēs
genitive	rubēdinis	rubēdinum
dative	rubēdinī	rubēdinibus
accusative	rubēdinem	rubēdinēs
ablative	rubēdine	rubēdinibus
vocative	rubēdō	rubēdinēs

Descendants

• → English: rubedo

References

• “rubedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rubedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rubedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• rubedo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016