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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - T
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..." - T
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..." - T
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..." - M
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..."
