rubia

See also: Rubia

Latin

Etymology

Short for Latin rubia herba. rubia is derived from ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈru.bi.a/, [ˈrʊbiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.bi.a/, [ˈruːbiä]

Noun

rubia f (genitive rubiae); first declension

1. A red dye, madder.
   • c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.17

     in primis rubia, tinguendis lanis et coriis necessaria

     The first of these is madder, the employment of which is necessary in dyeing wool and leather.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rubia	rubiae
Genitive	rubiae	rubiārum
Dative	rubiae	rubiīs
Accusative	rubiam	rubiās
Ablative	rubiā	rubiīs
Vocative	rubia	rubiae

Synonyms

• (madder): alysson

Descendants

• Italian: robbia
• Portuguese: ruiva
• Romanian: roibă
• Spanish: rubia
• Translingual: Rubia

References

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrubja/ [ˈru.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -uβia

Adjective

rubia

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective rubio.

Noun

rubia f (plural rubias, masculine rubio, masculine plural rubios)

1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of rubio, blonde