robigo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rōbus (red, dialectal variant of rūfus) +‎ -īgō.

Pronunciation

Noun

rōbīgō f (genitive rōbīginis); third declension

  1. rust (on metals)
  2. mildew, rust (on plants)
    • AE 2007 312:
      ne robigo frum[e]ntis noceat sacrificiu[m]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rōbīgō rōbīginēs
genitive rōbīginis rōbīginum
dative rōbīginī rōbīginibus
accusative rōbīginem rōbīginēs
ablative rōbīgine rōbīginibus
vocative rōbīgō rōbīginēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: arudzinã (possibly)
    • Romanian: rugină (possibly)
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Galician: rebinxe, rebixa, rebixe
    • Portuguese: rubigem
    • Spanish: robín (dialectal)
  • Vulgar Latin: *robiclus
  • Vulgar Latin: *robūgo, *robūginem
    • Padanian:
      • Romansch: arvugian
    • Occitano-Romance:
      • Aragonese: rebuny, rebull (Ribagorçan)
    • Ibero-Romance:
      • Galician: rabuxa
      • Portuguese: rabugem

References

  • robigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • robigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • robigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rōbīgō” on page 1,657/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • robigo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers