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Meaning of rubrica | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ruːˈbriː.ka]

Definitions

  1. red ochre, ruddle (red earth for coloring)
    declension-1
  2. rubric (title of a law, written in red)
    broadly, declension-1
  3. a law or the law
    broadly, declension-1

Equivalents

Examples

“buccas rubrica, creta omne corpus intinxti tibi.”

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“proelia rubrica picta aut carbone, velut si”

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“non secus ac si oculo rubricam derigat uno”

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“cur mihi non liceat, iussit quodcumque voluntas / excepto siquid Masuri rubrica vetabit?”

1924 translation by George Gilbert Ramsay Why am I not free to do everything that I want to do, excepting only what the red-titled law of Masurius forbids?

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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