red Copy link Outline 1. rūfus (acc. to Gell. 2, 26 it includes all shades from brown to yellow2. rŭber, bra, brum (in Cic. perh. only in prop. names)3. rŭbens, ntis (prop. part.)4. russus (rare)5. rŭbĭcundus (esp. of complexion6. rŭbĭdus (acc. to Gell. l. c. a very dark shade of red)7. rŭbeus (rare)8. rŭtĭlus (a r. which inclines to golden yellow)9. rŭtĭlans (prop. a part.)10. rŭtĭlātus (prop. a part.)11. lūteus (acc. to Gell. l. c. a very light shade12. pūnĭceus (scarlet r.)13. sanguĭneus (blood-r.)14. sanguĭnŏlentus (same as preced.)15. purpŭreus (purple-r.)16. flammeus (fiery red) • red: 1. rūfus (acc. to Gell. 2, 26 it includes all shades from brown to yellow: rare): a r.-haired girl, r. virgo, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 17: Cels. 2. rŭber, bra, brum (in Cic. perh. only in prop. names): r. blood, r. sanguis, Hor. Od. 3, 13, 7: r. wattles (of a cock), inclining to white, palea r. subalbicans, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5: very r. nitre, nitrum quam ruberrimum, Cels. 5, 18, 31. 3. rŭbens, ntis (prop. part.): r. with vermilion, minio r., Virg. E. 10, 27: a red kind, a less red kind, and one intermediate between these, rubra species, et minus r., et inter has media, Plin. 35, 6, 13: with her ears r., rubentibus auriculis, Suet. Aug. 69. 4. russus (rare): r. gum, r. gingiva, Catul. 39, 19: Lucr.: r. throat, fauces russae, Enn. in Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57. 5. rŭbĭcundus (esp. of complexion: ruddy): a certain r.-haired man, somewhat dark, with a ruddy mouth, rufus quidam, subniger, ore rubicundo, Pl. Ps. 4, 7, 21: the r. moon, r. luna, Plin. 18, 35, 79: r. cornel-berries, r. corna, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 8: the ruddy corn, r. Ceres, Virg. G. 1, 297. 6. rŭbĭdus (acc. to Gell. l. c. a very dark shade of red): a face usually r. from intoxication, facies r. plerumque ex vinolentia, Suet. Vitell. 17. 7. rŭbeus (rare): a r. colour, r. color, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 8 (said to be between black and dun): Col. 8. rŭtĭlus (a r. which inclines to golden yellow): r. hair, r. comae, Tac. G. 4: the r. light (of the planet Mars), r. fulgor, Cic. Rep. 6, 17: r. gore, r. cruor, Ov. M. 5, 83: to dye the hair r., like bronze, capillum r. aerique assimilem reddere, Suet. Ner. 1: very r., praerutilus, Auct. Carm. de Jud. Dom. 202. 9. rŭtĭlans (prop. a part.): Plin. 16, 11, 22. 10. rŭtĭlātus (prop. a part.): long r. hair, promissae ac r. comae, Liv. 38, 17, ad init. (acc. to some, dyed r.): Tac. 11. lūteus (acc. to Gell. l. c. a very light shade: flame or rose-coloured): a r. bridal veil, l. flammea, Lucan 2, 361: v. rose-coloured. 12. pūnĭceus (scarlet r.): r. rose-plantations, p. roseta, Virg. E. 5, 17: r. blood, p. cruor, Ov. M. 2, 607: also poet. phoenĭceus, id. M. 12, 104: pūnĭcus: Ov. Am. 2, 2, 22: on the particular shade see Lucr. 2, 830: Prop. 2, 6, 40. 13. sanguĭneus (blood-r.): r. mulberries, s. mora, Virg. E. 5, 22: r. moon, s. luna, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 23: a r. reflection, s. repercussus, Plin. 37, 10, 60. 14. sanguĭnŏlentus (same as preced.): Ov. Am. 1, 12, 12. 15. purpŭreus (purple-r.): r. poppies, p. papavera, Prop. 1, 20, 38: the r. rose, p. flos rosae, Hor. Od. 3, 15, 15. 16. flammeus (fiery red): r. eyes, f. lumina, Ov. H. 12, 107: Plin.: v. fiery. Phr.: the R. sea, Sinus Arabicus, Mel. 3, 8 (Rubrum, Erythraeum mare is the Indian Ocean): a r. Indian, perh. Indus aereo colore, after Plin. 8, 52, 78: a r. herring, *harenga sale ac fumo durata: v. also redden (III.)