robusta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →robustus, robusta -um, robustior -or -us, robustissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of oak; hard/firm/solid; hardy/robust/durable, able to resist change; valiant;; physically mature/grown up; mature in taste/judgment; strong/powerful in arms;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vultus, incessus. Illo sano ac valente oratio quoque robusta, fortis, virilis est: si ille procubuit, et cetera ruinam..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...corpora, quamlibet sint in suis certaminibus speciosa atque robusta, si militare iter fascemque et vigilias imperes, deficiant..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ceteris laboratum. Nam neque solida atque robusta fuerit umquam eloquentia nisi multo stilo vires acceperit, et citra lectionis..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...hunc inpune ferox cecidisse Lycormas raptaque de dextro robusta repagula posti ossibus inlisit mediae cervicis, at ille procubuit..."