roboribus
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. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples

Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Eumenis ignes. hic tenuem nigris etiamnum aduiuere lucem roboribus pariter cupidae uidere, simulque flebile gauisae; nec adhuc quae..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...serva bibatur aqua! ferreus orantem nequiquam, ianitor, audis, roboribus duris ianua fulta riget. urbibus obsessis clausae munimina portae..."
