rubellio

Latin

Etymology

From rubellus (“reddish”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rubelliō ? (genitive rubelliōnis); third declension

  1. a fish of reddish color
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.138.5:
      Mullus in vino necatus vel piscis rubellio vel anguillae II, item uva marina in vino putrefacta iis, qui inde biberint, taedium vini adfert.
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    • Apicius, De re coquinaria 10.1.15.1:
      Ius in percam: piper, ligusticum, cuminum frictum, cepam, pruna damascena enucleata, vinum, mulsum, acetum, oleum, defritum, et coques. Ius in pisce rubellione: piper, ligusticum, careum, serpyllum, apii semen, cepam siccam, vinum, passum, acetum, liquamen, oleum. amulo obligas.
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rubelliō rubelliōnēs
genitive rubelliōnis rubelliōnum
dative rubelliōnī rubelliōnibus
accusative rubelliōnem rubelliōnēs
ablative rubelliōne rubelliōnibus
vocative rubelliō rubelliōnēs

Descendants

  • ⇒ Italian: roviglióne

Further reading

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