rubellus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ruber

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin rubellus

From ruber (“red”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rʊˈbɛl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ruˈbɛl.lus]

Adjective

rubellus (feminine rubella, neuter rubellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of ruber (“red, ruddy”): somewhat red, reddish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rubellus	rubella	rubellum		rubellī	rubellae	rubella
genitive	rubellī	rubellae	rubellī		rubellōrum	rubellārum	rubellōrum
dative	rubellō	rubellae	rubellō		rubellīs
accusative	rubellum	rubellam	rubellum		rubellōs	rubellās	rubella
ablative	rubellō	rubellā	rubellō		rubellīs
vocative	rubelle	rubella	rubellum		rubellī	rubellae	rubella

Derived terms

• rubelliānus
• rubelliō
• rubellulus

Descendants

Through the feminine rubella:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rovella
• Borrowings:
  • → English: rubella
  • → Translingual: Rubella virus

References

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