robiginosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rūbīginōsus

Etymology

From rōbīgō (“rust”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roː.biː.ɡiˈnoː.sus/, [roːbiːɡɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ro.bi.d͡ʒiˈno.sus/, [robid͡ʒiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

rōbīginōsus (feminine rōbīginōsa, neuter rōbīginōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rusty
2. rust-coloured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rōbīginōsus	rōbīginōsa	rōbīginōsum		rōbīginōsī	rōbīginōsae	rōbīginōsa
Genitive	rōbīginōsī	rōbīginōsae	rōbīginōsī		rōbīginōsōrum	rōbīginōsārum	rōbīginōsōrum
Dative	rōbīginōsō		rōbīginōsō		rōbīginōsīs
Accusative	rōbīginōsum	rōbīginōsam	rōbīginōsum		rōbīginōsōs	rōbīginōsās	rōbīginōsa
Ablative	rōbīginōsō	rōbīginōsā	rōbīginōsō		rōbīginōsīs
Vocative	rōbīginōse	rōbīginōsa	rōbīginōsum		rōbīginōsī	rōbīginōsae	rōbīginōsa

Related terms

• rōbīgo

Descendants

• English: rubiginous
• French: rubigineux
• Italian: rubiginoso
• Portuguese: rubiginoso, ruvinhoso
• Romanian: ruginos (possibly)

References

• “robiginosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• robiginosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.