robustus

Latin

Etymology

From rōbur (“a kind of hard oak; hardness, strength”) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /roːˈbus.tus/, [roːˈbʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈbus.tus/, [roˈbust̪us]

Adjective

rōbustus (feminine rōbusta, neuter rōbustum, comparative rōbustior, superlative rōbustissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of oak, oaken
  2. (by extension) hard, firm, solid, robust
    Synonyms: dūrus, firmus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative rōbustus rōbusta rōbustum rōbustī rōbustae rōbusta
Genitive rōbustī rōbustae rōbustī rōbustōrum rōbustārum rōbustōrum
Dative rōbustō rōbustō rōbustīs
Accusative rōbustum rōbustam rōbustum rōbustōs rōbustās rōbusta
Ablative rōbustō rōbustā rōbustō rōbustīs
Vocative rōbuste rōbusta rōbustum rōbustī rōbustae rōbusta

Descendants
  • Catalan: robust
  • English: robust
  • French: robuste
  • Galician: robusto
  • Italian: robusto
  • Portuguese: robusto
  • Spanish: robusto

References
  • “robustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “robustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • robustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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