rubrico

Etymology
From. When scanned as rŭbrĭcō, perhaps reanalyzed or recomposed as ; compare from.

Pronunciation

 * If derived from, as it appears to be, the vowels in the first two syllables should both be long. Hoewever, in the sixth-century poet Venantius Fortunatus, the first two syllables scan short (as rŭbrĭc-), possibly due to influence from the ŭ in the related words and  and the ĭ in the ending  found in verbs such as  and . (Compare the use in Italian of  a "less correct" pronunciation io rùbrico in addition to io rubrìco for the verb . )
 * If derived from, as it appears to be, the vowels in the first two syllables should both be long. Hoewever, in the sixth-century poet Venantius Fortunatus, the first two syllables scan short (as rŭbrĭc-), possibly due to influence from the ŭ in the related words and  and the ĭ in the ending  found in verbs such as  and . (Compare the use in Italian of  a "less correct" pronunciation io rùbrico in addition to io rubrìco for the verb . )

Verb

 * 1) to color red