robigo

Latin

Alternative forms

• rūbīgō

Etymology

From rōbus (“red”, dialectal variant of rūfus) +‎ -īgō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roːˈbiː.ɡoː/, [roːˈbiːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈbi.ɡo/, [roˈbiːɡo]

Noun

rōbīgō f (genitive rōbīginis); third declension

1. rust (on metals)
2. mildew, rust (on plants)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōbīgō	rōbīginēs
Genitive	rōbīginis	rōbīginum
Dative	rōbīginī	rōbīginibus
Accusative	rōbīginem	rōbīginēs
Ablative	rōbīgine	rōbīginibus
Vocative	rōbīgō	rōbīginēs

Derived terms

• rōbīginōsus
• Rōbīgus

Related terms

• rubeus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: arudzinã (possibly)
  • Romanian: rugină (possibly)
• Padanian:
  • Romansch: ruina
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: rebinxe, rebixa, rebixe
  • Portuguese: rubigem
  • Spanish: robín (dialectal)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *robiclus
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: roulye
    • French: rouille
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: rovell
    • Occitan: rovilh
    • Aragonese: robín
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *robūgo, *robūginem
  • Padanian:
    • Romansch: arvugian
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Aragonese: rebuny, rebull (Ribagorçan)
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Galician: rabuxa
    • Portuguese: rabugem

References

• “robigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “robigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• robigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “rōbīgō” on page 1,657/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “robigo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers