Robigus

Latin

Etymology

From rōbīgō (“rust; blight”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /roːˈbiː.ɡus/, [roːˈbiːɡʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈbi.ɡus/, [roˈbiːɡus]

Proper noun

Rōbīgus m sg (genitive Rōbīgī); second declension

(Roman mythology) The god summoned against the blight

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rōbīgus
Genitive	Rōbīgī
Dative	Rōbīgō
Accusative	Rōbīgum
Ablative	Rōbīgō
Vocative	Rōbīge

Derived terms

Rōbīgālia

References

“Robigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Robigus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Robigus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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