Rubricatus

rubricatus Latin Etymology From la rū̆brī̆cātus painted red. right|thumb|View of the river Llobregat Pronunciation Rū̆brī̆cātus There is conflicting evidence about the lengths of the vowels in the first two syllables of the adjective la rū̆brī̆cātus and verb la rū̆brī̆cō. These words appear to have originally been derived from the noun la rūbrīca red ochre, where the ī is certainly long and the ū likely so, but pronunciations like la rŭbrĭcātus, la rŭbrĭcō developed at some point, plausibly by reinterpretation of the word as being composed of the related adjective la rŭber red and the verb-forming suffix la -ĭcō. The vowels in Catalan ca Llobregat represent the outcomes of Latin short la -ŭ- and la -ĭ-. Proper noun Rū̆brī̆cātus<2> la river p/Hispania Tarraconensis, now Llobregat la Pomponius Mela De Chorographia 2 90 3 Inde ad Tarraconem parva sunt oppida Blande, Iluro, Baetulo, Barcino, Subur, Tolobi; parva flumina Baetulo iuxta Iovis montem, Rubricatum in Barcinonis litore, inter Subur et Tolobin Maius. Tarraco urbs est in his oris maritimarum opulentissima. Tulcis eam modicus amnis, super ingens Hiberus Dertosam adtingit. la Gaius Plinius Secundus Naturalis Historia 3 21 7 Regio Cessetania, flumen Subi, colonia Tarracon, Scipionum opus, sicut Carthago Poenorum. Regio Ilergetum, oppidum Subur, flumen Rubricatum, a quo Lae<e>tani et Indigetes. Declension Rū̆brī̆cātus<2> Descendants ca Llobregat References la Spain