quadragesimussecundus

Theme for this week: Colors

ruber, rubra, rubrum

Definition: red, ruddy, painted red

Sententia: Rosae sunt rubrae, violae sunt caerulae

saccharum est dulce, sicut tu es.

Roses are red, violets are blue,

sugar is sweet, just as you are.

This word itself is actually not found on any of the syllabi of the works (eheu!), but the word "rubeo", to be red or to blush, is found in Catullus 3 and Ovid Amores 1.12.