robus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *rouβos, regular urban development of the same etymon as the originally dialectal or Sabellic rūfus with which it switched places, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.bus/, [ˈroːbʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.bus/, [ˈrɔːbus]

Adjective

rōbus (feminine rōba, neuter rōbum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (dialectal, chiefly of oxen) red

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rōbus	rōba	rōbum		rōbī	rōbae	rōba
Genitive	rōbī	rōbae	rōbī		rōbōrum	rōbārum	rōbōrum
Dative	rōbō		rōbō		rōbīs
Accusative	rōbum	rōbam	rōbum		rōbōs	rōbās	rōba
Ablative	rōbō	rōbā	rōbō		rōbīs
Vocative	rōbe	rōba	rōbum		rōbī	rōbae	rōba

Derived terms

• rōbeus
• rōbīgō

Etymology 2

Probably same as Etymology 1.

Noun

rōbus m (genitive rōbī); second declension

1. a kind of wheat

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōbus	rōbī
Genitive	rōbī	rōbōrum
Dative	rōbō	rōbīs
Accusative	rōbum	rōbōs
Ablative	rōbō	rōbīs
Vocative	rōbe	rōbī

Etymology 3

Noun

rōbus n (genitive rōboris); third declension

1. Archaic form of rōbur (“the oak; strength”)..

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rōbus	rōbora
Genitive	rōboris	rōborum
Dative	rōborī	rōboribus
Accusative	rōbus	rōbora
Ablative	rōbore	rōboribus
Vocative	rōbus	rōbora

References

• “rōbus” on page 1828 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Latvian

Noun

robus m

1. accusative plural form of robs