rubisca

Latin

Etymology

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Derived in some way from the root of rubeō (“to be red”).

Noun

rubisca f (genitive rubiscae); first declension

1. (New Latin, ornithology) The European robin
2. (New Latin, ornithology) The titmouse

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rubisca	rubiscae
genitive	rubiscae	rubiscārum
dative	rubiscae	rubiscīs
accusative	rubiscam	rubiscās
ablative	rubiscā	rubiscīs
vocative	rubisca	rubiscae

References

• "rubisca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “rubisca”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC