robur
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old Latin rōbos. Named for its reddish hardwood, from ruber
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rōbur n (genitive rōboris); third declension
- a kind of hard oak
- hardness
- strength
- 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.
- Satis natura dedit roboris si illo utamur.
- stronghold
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aragonese: robre
- French: rouvre
- Catalan: roure
- Galician: robra, rebor (archaic), Reboreda
- Italian: rovere
- Portuguese: roble
- Spanish: roble
- Venetian: róare
References[edit]
- 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
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