(v. n.P. a.) : rŭbĕo, ēre, v. n.v. ruber
* To be red or ruddy (class.).
* In gen.: ulceribus quasi inustis omne rubere Corpus,Lucr. 6, 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.
* In partic.
* To be reddened by blood: Sigea rubebant Litora,Ov. M. 12, 71 (cf. supra, with sanguine and cruore).
* To grow red, to redden, color up, blush: rubeo, mihi crede,Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3; Cic. 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.
* 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.
* 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.