robora
Dictionary entries
- Entry →robur, roboris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
oak (tree/timber/trunk/club/post/cell); tough core; resolve/purpose; B:tetanus;; strength/firmness/solidity; vigor, robustness; potency, force, effectiveness;; military strength/might/power; heart, main strength, strongest element;; mainstay/bulwark, source of strength; stronghold, position of strength;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →roboro, roborare, roboravi, roboratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
give physical/moral strength to; reinforce; strengthen, make more effective;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...funeris arcamquae lacerum corpus siccos effundat in ignes;robora non desint misero nec sordidus ustor.sit satis, o superi..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...utrimquesuccisum curuare nemus, fluuiique ferocisincrementa timens non primis robora ripisinposuit, medios pontem distendit in agros. 140ac, nequid Sicoris..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...montis.sed fortes tremuere manus, motique uerendamaiestate loci, si robora sacra ferirent, 430in sua credebant redituras membra securis.inplicitas magno..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...inposuit. truncos lacerauit Fimbria Crassos; saeua tribunicio maduerunt robora tabo. 125te quoque neclectum uiolatae, Scaeuola, Vestae ante ipsum..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...magnis viribus auras. omnia enim pariter crescunt et robora sumunt. Quare etiam atque etiam maternum nomen adepta terra..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...rebus apertis corpora res multae, partim diffusa solute, robora ceu fumum mittunt ignesque vaporem, et partim contexta magis..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ictus contemnere sueta et validi silices ac duri robora ferri aeraque quae claustris restantia vociferantur. illa quidem debent..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...custodia luci, et numquam somno damnatus lumina serpens robora conplexus rutilo curuata metallo. abstulit arboribus pretium nemorique laborem..."
