roboro

Latin

Etymology

From rōbur (“strength; kind of hard reddish oak”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroː.bo.roː/, [ˈroːbɔroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.bo.ro/, [ˈrɔːboro]

Verb

rōborō (present infinitive rōborāre, perfect active rōborāvī, supine rōborātum); first conjugation

1. to strengthen

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rōborō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rōborō	rōborās	rōborat	rōborāmus	rōborātis	rōborant
	imperfect	rōborābam	rōborābās	rōborābat	rōborābāmus	rōborābātis	rōborābant
	future	rōborābō	rōborābis	rōborābit	rōborābimus	rōborābitis	rōborābunt
	perfect	rōborāvī	rōborāvistī	rōborāvit	rōborāvimus	rōborāvistis	rōborāvērunt, rōborāvēre
	pluperfect	rōborāveram	rōborāverās	rōborāverat	rōborāverāmus	rōborāverātis	rōborāverant
	future perfect	rōborāverō	rōborāveris	rōborāverit	rōborāverimus	rōborāveritis	rōborāverint
passive	present	rōboror	rōborāris, rōborāre	rōborātur	rōborāmur	rōborāminī	rōborantur
	imperfect	rōborābar	rōborābāris, rōborābāre	rōborābātur	rōborābāmur	rōborābāminī	rōborābantur
	future	rōborābor	rōborāberis, rōborābere	rōborābitur	rōborābimur	rōborābiminī	rōborābuntur
	perfect	rōborātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	rōborātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	rōborātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rōborem	rōborēs	rōboret	rōborēmus	rōborētis	rōborent
imperfect	rōborārem	rōborārēs	rōborāret	rōborārēmus	rōborārētis	rōborārent
perfect	rōborāverim	rōborāverīs	rōborāverit	rōborāverīmus	rōborāverītis	rōborāverint
pluperfect	rōborāvissem	rōborāvissēs	rōborāvisset	rōborāvissēmus	rōborāvissētis	rōborāvissent
passive	present	rōborer	rōborēris, rōborēre	rōborētur	rōborēmur	rōborēminī	rōborentur
imperfect	rōborārer	rōborārēris, rōborārēre	rōborārētur	rōborārēmur	rōborārēminī	rōborārentur
perfect	rōborātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	rōborātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rōborā	—	—	rōborāte	—
	future	—	rōborātō	rōborātō	—	rōborātōte	rōborantō
passive	present	—	rōborāre	—	—	rōborāminī	—
	future	—	rōborātor	rōborātor	—	—	rōborantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rōborāre	rōborāvisse	rōborātūrum esse	rōborārī	rōborātum esse	rōborātum īrī
participles		rōborāns	—	rōborātūrus	—	rōborātus	rōborandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rōborandī	rōborandō	rōborandum	rōborandō	rōborātum	rōborātū

Derived terms

• corrōborō

Descendants

• Italian: roborare
• Old Leonese: robrar
  • Asturian: roblar
  • Leonese: robrare
• Spanish: roblar

References

• “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