roboris
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;
gen. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...magnae fragmine moliset sudibus crebris et adusti roboris ictupercussae cedunt crates, frustraque labore 495exhausto fessus repetit tentoria miles..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...excusare illa quam excutere. Satis natura homini dedit roboris si illo utamur, si vires nostras colligamus ac totas..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...demonstrat, et admonitio necessaria est. Duae res plurimum roboris animo dant, fides veri et fiducia: utramque admonitio facit..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...memoria quam magno animo quaedam verba proieceris, quanti roboris plena: gratulatus sum protinus mihi et dixi..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...schola praeceptorem non inuenit; Sextiorum noua et Romani roboris secta inter initia sua, cum magno impetu coepisset, extincta..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...senectute est; haec solida quoque et magni roboris carpit. [10,2] Itaque quemadmodum in aedificiis ueteribus quasdam..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...contra unam quamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est, idem aduersus omnis erit. Cum semel animum uirtus indurauit..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...lampades ignes, 135tum quassae nutant turres lapsumque minantur,roboris inpacti crebros gemit agger ad ictus.iam Pompeianae celsi super..."