rubeta

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From rubus (bramble) +‎ -ētum (grove).

Noun[edit]

rubēta n pl (genitive rubētōrum); second declension

  1. (plural only) Brambles, thickets.
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative rubēta
Genitive rubētōrum
Dative rubētīs
Accusative rubēta
Ablative rubētīs
Vocative rubēta
Descendants[edit]
  • Sicilian: ruvetta

Etymology 2[edit]

Perhaps from the above by a shift in declension class or the addition of the feminine first-declension suffix -a.

Noun[edit]

rubēta f (genitive rubētae); first declension

  1. A kind of venomous toad living among bramble-bushes.
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rubēta rubētae
Genitive rubētae rubētārum
Dative rubētae rubētīs
Accusative rubētam rubētās
Ablative rubētā rubētīs
Vocative rubēta rubētae

References[edit]

  • rubeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rubeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rubeta 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)
  • rubeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • rubetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Lewis, Charlton T.; Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ludian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Finnish ruveta. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb[edit]

rubeta

  1. start