Latin

Alternative forms

• rōbor
• rōbus

Noun

rōbur n ‎(genitive rōboris); third declension

1. a kind of hard oak
2. hardness
3. strength
4. stronghold

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• rōbustus
• rōborō → corrōborō

Descendants

• Aragonese: robre
• Catalan: roure
• Italian: rovere
• Portuguese: roble
• Spanish: roble

Synonyms

• fortitudo

References

• robur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• robur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ROBUR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “robur”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• robur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• robur in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• robur in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin