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ē-rŭbesco , bŭi, 3,
I.v. inch. n. and a.
I. Neutr., to grow red, to redden.
A. In gen.: “vidi te totis erubuisse genis,” Ov. Am. 2, 8, 16; id. M. 4, 330; id. Pont. 2, 1, 36. —
B. In partic., to redden or blush with shame, to feel ashamed.
(α). Absol., with praepp. or abl.: “erubui mecastor misera propter clamorem tuum, etc.,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 36; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 9: “quas (voluptates) non erubescens persequitur nominatim,” Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111 fin.; id. Rosc. Com. 3, 8; id. Vatin. 16, 39; id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; id. Fam. 5, 12 al.: “in aliqua re,” id. Leg. 1, 14 fin.: “aliquā re,” Liv. 40, 14; Quint. 6, 4, 8; Ov. M. 5, 584; id. F. 2, 168; cf. “viro,” id. Tr. 4, 3, 64 al.: “de sorore multum,” Spart. Sever. 15; Vulg. Gen. 2, 25 et saep.—
(β). With inf. (postAug. and freq.; in Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 50, pudet enim loqui is the true reading): “noli erubescere collegam habere,” Liv. 10, 8; 45, 35, 5; Quint. 1, 10, 13; 6, 1, 14; Verg. E. 6, 2; Curt. 6, 5, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 27, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 8, 3.—
II. Act., with acc.: “jura fidemque Supplicis erubuit,” he respected, Verg. A. 2, 542: “fratres,” to blush on account of, Prop. 3, 14, 20 (4, 13, 20 M.): “soloecismum,” Sen. Ep. 95, 9 (dub. al. soloecismo).—In the part. fut. pass. erubescendus, a, um, of which one should be ashamed: “ignes (amoris),” Hor. C. 1, 27, 15: “id urbi Romanae fore erubescendum,” Liv. 38, 59, 11; Vell. 2, 130, 4; Curt. 4, 21, 4: “sentina,” Val. Max. 2, 7, 1: “causa belli,” Flor. 2, 14, 3: “anni domesticis cladibus,” id. 3, 12, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (27):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 3.8
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 16.39
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.330
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.584
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.542
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 2.25
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.2
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.27.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 45, 35.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 59
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.14
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.19
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.9
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.40
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 4.8
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 95.9
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.3
    • Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum, 2.14.3
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.5.5
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
    • Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, 1.8.3
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.7.1
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