blush (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ērŭbesco, bŭi, 3 (to turn red, redden)2. rŭbĕo, 2 (to be red)3. suffundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3 • blush (v.): 1. ērŭbesco, bŭi, 3 (to turn red, redden): the modest b. even to speak of modesty, erubescunt pudici etiam loqui de pudicitia, Cic.: to b. for a man, viro er., Ov.: to b. for one's brothers, fratres er., Prop. 2. rŭbĕo, 2 (to be red): believe me I b., rubeo, mihi crede, Cic.: Hor.: a b.ing face, os rubens, Tib. 3. suffundo, fūdi, fūsum, 3: with some case of the subs. rubor: as, suffundere ore ruborem, Virg.: suffundi ora rubore, Ov.: so deeply did he b., adeo illi ex alto suffusus est rubor, Sen. Similarly, even the most excellent men will suddenly b., rubor gravissimis quoque viris subitus offunditur, Sen. (Absol. to make a person b., suffundere aliquem, Hier.) Phr.: nor did they b., nec fuit iis rubori, Ov.: Tac. (the latter has also the nom. "nec rubor inter comites adspici," Ger. 13): to make any one b., ruborem alicui incutere, Liv.. inferre, imponere, Mart.: rubores alicui elicere, Auct. Her.