robur

Latin

Alternative forms

• rōbor
• rōbus

Etymology

Old Latin rōbos. Named for its reddish hardwood, from ruber

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.bur/, [ˈroːbʊr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.bur/, [ˈrɔːbur]

Noun

rōbur n (genitive rōboris); third declension

1. a kind of hard oak
2. hardness
3. strength
   • c. 98 CE, Tacitus, Germania 6.4:

     In ūniversum aestimantī plūs penes peditem rōboris.

     In general, to one estimating, more of their strength is in their infantry.

   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 116.7:

     Satis natura dedit roboris si illo utamur.

     Nature has given us enough strength, if only we would employ it.

4. stronghold

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōbur	rōbora
Genitive	rōboris	rōborum
Dative	rōborī	rōboribus
Accusative	rōbur	rōbora
Ablative	rōbore	rōboribus
Vocative	rōbur	rōbora

Synonyms

• fortitūdō

Derived terms

• rōbustus
• rōborō → corrōborō

Descendants

• Aragonese: robre
• French: rouvre
• Catalan: roure
• Galician: robra, rebor (archaic), Reboreda
• Italian: rovere
• Portuguese: roble
• Spanish: roble
• Venetian: róare

References

• robur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• robur in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891
• robur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• robur in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
• robur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
• robur in William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly, 1854, 1857
• robur in William Smith et al., editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin, 1890