(adjective) : rŭbĭcundus, a, um, rubeo
* Red, ruddy: rufus quidam, ore rubicundo,Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 121; cf. id. Rud. 2, 2, 8; Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26: corna,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 8: pluma,Col. 8, 2, 7: luna,Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 347: Priapus,painted red,Ov. F. 6, 319 (cf. ruber): Ceres, ruddy, for flava, Verg. G. 1, 297: caelum,Vulg. Matt. 16, 2.—Comp.: sabulo,Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 5: habitus cometae,Sen. Q. N. 7, 11.