roboro
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rōbur (“strength; kind of hard reddish oak”) + -ō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈroː.bo.roː/, [ˈroːbɔroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈro.bo.ro/, [ˈrɔːboro]
Verb edit
rōborō (present infinitive rōborāre, perfect active rōborāvī, supine rōborātum); first conjugation
- to strengthen
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “roboro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “roboro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- roboro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the flower of the infantry: robora peditum
- (ambiguous) the flower of the infantry: robora peditum