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rōbīgo (rūb- ), ĭnis, f. robus = ruber; formed like aerugo, ferrugo,
I.rust of metals.
B. Transf.
1. Rust, blight, mildew, smut, mouldiness, on grain, Varr. L. L. 6, § 16 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 1, 6; Col. 2, 11, 5; id. Arb. 13; id. poët. 10, 342; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 275; 18, 28, 69, § 279; Hor. C. 3, 23, 7 al.; cf. Robigus and Robigalia.—
2. The deposit, mould, etc., that collects on millstones, Plin. 36, 18, 30, § 136; on the teeth, Ov. M. 2, 776; 8, 802; id. A. A. 1, 515; an ulcer in a wound, Calp. Ecl. 5, 76; a sore, ulcer, produced by lewdness, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 151.—
II. Trop., rust (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “ingenium longa rubigine laesum Torpet,Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 21: “animorum,Sen. Ep. 95, 36; 7, 7: “horridae vetustatis,Val. Max. 2, 9, 5.— As personified, v. Robigus fin.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.776
    • Plautus, Rudens, 5.2
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.495
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.62
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.64
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 7.7
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 95.36
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.12
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.11.5
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.9.5
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