robur
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named for its reddish hardwood, from ruber
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rōbur n (genitive rōboris); third declension
- a kind of hard oak
- hardness
- strength
- stronghold
Inflection[edit]
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rōbur | rōbora |
| genitive | rōboris | rōborum |
| dative | rōborī | rōboribus |
| accusative | rōbur | rōbora |
| ablative | rōbore | rōboribus |
| vocative | rōbur | rōbora |
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References[edit]
- robur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- robur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “robur”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
- “robur” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- robur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- robur in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- robur in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
