rubeo

rŭbĕo, ēre, v. n. [v. ruber], to be red or ruddy (class.).

I.

In gen.:

ulceribus quasi inustis omne rubere Corpus,

Lucr. 6, [p. 1602] 1166:

per herbas Matutina rubent radiati lumina solis,

id. 5, 462; cf. id. 6, 210:

oculi luce,

id. 6, 1146:

ocelli flendo,

Cat. 3, 18:

Tyrio murice lana,

Ov. A. A. 3, 170:

sanguine litus Undaque,

id. M. 11, 375; cf.

cruore,

id. ib. 4, 481:

sanguineis aviaria baccis,

Verg. G. 2, 430.—

II.

In partic.

A.

To be reddened by blood:

Sigea rubebant Litora,

Ov. M. 12, 71 (cf. supra, with sanguine and cruore).—

B.

To grow red, to redden, color up, blush:

rubeo, mihi crede,

Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3; id. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187; Hor. Ep. 2. 1, 267; 2, 2, 156; Juv. 1, 166.— Hence, rŭbens, entis, P. a., being red, red, reddish.

A.

In gen.:

in picturis ostroque rubenti,

Lucr. 2, 35:

rubenti minio,

Tib. 2, 1, 55:

murice,

Verg. E. 4, 43:

vere rubenti,

id. G. 2, 319:

rubente dextera,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 2:

in rubente folio,

Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29 (Jahn, in foliorum venis):

rubentibus auriculis,

Suet. Aug. 69:

cur iracundissime sint flavi rubentesque,

Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 5.— Comp.:

superficies,

Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 89.—

B.

In partic. (acc. to II. B.), red with shame, blushing:

virgo Inficitur teneras ore rubente genas,

Tib. 3, 4, 32:

ore rubenti,

Mart. 5, 2, 7; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 327.