Robigus

Latin

Etymology

From rōbīgō (“rust; blight”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roːˈbiː.ɡus/, [roːˈbiːɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈbi.ɡus/, [roˈbiːɡus]

Proper noun

Rōbīgus m sg (genitive Rōbīgī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) The god summoned against the blight

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rōbīgus
Genitive	Rōbīgī
Dative	Rōbīgō
Accusative	Rōbīgum
Ablative	Rōbīgō
Vocative	Rōbīge

Derived terms

• Rōbīgālia

References

• “Robigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Robigus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Robigus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray