rubrior

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.bri.or/, [ˈrʊbriɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈru.bri.or/, [ˈruːbrior]

Adjective

rubrior (neuter rubrius); third-declension comparative adjective

1. comparative degree of ruber (“red”); redder
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.85.231:

     est et alterum genus—fere oxylapathum vocant—sativo similius et acutiore folio ac rubriore

     There is also another type—they generally call it oxylapathus—even more like the cultivated one and with a more pointed and redder leaf

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	rubrior	rubrius		rubriōrēs	rubriōra
Genitive	rubriōris			rubriōrum
Dative	rubriōrī			rubriōribus
Accusative	rubriōrem	rubrius		rubriōrēs	rubriōra
Ablative	rubriōre			rubriōribus
Vocative	rubrior	rubrius		rubriōrēs	rubriōra