robur

Latin

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Etymology

Named for its reddish hardwood, from ruber

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈroː.bur/, [ˈroː.bʊr]

Noun

rōbur n (genitive rōboris); third declension

  1. a kind of hard oak
  2. hardness
  3. strength
  4. stronghold

Inflection

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

  • 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
  • robur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • robur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • 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
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