robore
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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...carpunt matura Saitae. ecce, procul saeuos sterili se robore trunci torsit et inmisit (iaculum uocat Africa) serpens perque..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...poena iuuat, nemus extrue Pindi,erige congestas Oetaeo robore siluas,Thessalicam uideat Pompeius ab aequore flammam.nil agis..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...trepidant animi peioraque uersant;ad dubios pauci praesumpto robore casusspemque metumque ferunt. turbae sed mixtus inertiSextus erat, Magno..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...feriendaque tendite colla.et tu, quo solo stabunt iam robore castra,tiro rudis, specta poenas et disce ferire,disce..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tenuitque manus, tum frigidus artusalligat atque animum subducto robore torpor, 290postquam sicca rigens astrinxit uolnera sanguis.iamque inopes undae..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...praebentur fatorum munere bella.uentus ut amittit uires, nisi robore densaeoccurrunt siluae, spatio diffusus inani,utque perit magnus nullis..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mente labantem derige me, dubium certo tu robore firma. 245namque alii Magnum uel Caesaris arma sequantur, dux Bruto..."Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...hebenus Mareotica uastosnon operit postes sed stat pro robore uili,auxilium non forma domus. ebur atria uestit..."