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rōbustus , a, um, adj. id..
I. Of oakwood, oaken, oak-: “capitulum,Cato, R. R. 18, 4: “stipites,id. ib. 18, 8: “materia,Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 3; Col. 2, 14, 6: “caudices,Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151: “stipites,Liv. 38, 5: “fores,Hor. C. 3, 16, 2: “plaustra,id. Ep. 2, 2, 74 et saep.: carcer (referring to the Robur in the Roman carcer; “v. robur, II. A. 2.),Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 13; cf. “codex,id. Poen. 5, 3, 39. —
II. Transf., hard, firm, solid, strong, hardy, lusty, robust (freq. and class.; syn.: valens, nervosus).
B. Trop., firm, solid, strong, etc.: facilius quod est propositum consequar, si nostram rem, publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem et adultam et jam firmam atque robustam ostendero, Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3: “solidam et robustam et assiduam frequentiam praebuerunt,id. Planc. 8, 21: “res vetustate robustas calumniando pervertere,id. Div. 1, 18, 35; cf.: “robusta et solida eloquentia,Quint. 10, 1, 2: “robusta et stabilis fortitudo,Cic. Tusc. 4, 23, 51: “inveteratum (malum) fit plerumque robustius,id. Phil. 5, 11, 31: “quae robustioris improbitatis,id. ib. 2, 25, 63: “animus (with magna constantia),id. Off. 1, 20, 67: “vox,Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76: “carmen,Pers. 5, 5: “amicitiae exempla,Val. Max. 4, 7, 2: “populus Romanus,Flor. 2, 1, 1. — Adv.: rōbustē , stoutly, strongly, firmly, Naz. Pan. ad Constant. 17.— Comp., Aug. Conf. 8, 11.—Sup.: “robustissime,Cassiod. Var. 12, 21.
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