robur

== Latin == === Alternative forms === rōbor (Old Latin) rōbus (rare) === Etymology === From earlier rōbus (with change of nominative after the pattern of iecur), from Proto-Italic *rouβos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), named for its reddish hardwood and thus cognate to ruber. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈroː.bʊr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔː.bur] === Noun === rōbur n (genitive rōboris); third declension an oak tree Designating a specific kind and opposed to quercus, aesculus. hardness strength Synonyms: fortitūdō, vīs, ops, vehementia stronghold ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). Note: an oblique stem rōburis was advocated by some grammarians, such as Gnipho. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Aromanian: arobul Aragonese: robre French: rouvre Catalan: roure Piedmontese: róvol, rol, rovr Galician: robra, rebor (archaic), Reboreda Italian: rovere Occitan: roire → Portuguese: roble Spanish: roble Sicilian: rùvulu Venetan: róare === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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