rubricatus

== Latin == === Etymology === Either formed directly from the noun rūbrīca (“red ochre”) +‎ -ātus (“-ed”, adjective-forming suffix), or formed as the perfect passive participle of a verb rū̆brī̆cō (“to paint red”). The length of the vowels in the first two syllables of the verb are uncertain as it has two potential derivations: from the noun rūbrīca +‎ -ō, implying the pronunciation rūbrīcō, or from the adjective ruber (“red”) +‎ -icō, implying the pronunciation rubricō; its formation may perhaps have been reanalyzed over time. The association with the legal field is presumably based on a practice of writing the headings of laws in red. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ruː.briːˈkaː.tʊs], [rʊ.brɪˈkaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ru.briˈkaː.tus] === Adjective === rū̆brī̆cātus (feminine rū̆brī̆cāta, neuter rū̆brī̆cātum); first/second-declension adjective (painted) red (by extension) legal, law-related ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Rū̆brī̆cātus ==== Related terms ==== rū̆brī̆cō === References === “rubricatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “rubricatus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “rubricatus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly