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Robigus

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English

Proper noun

Robigus

(Roman mythology) A god summoned against the blight, whose festival was the Robigalia.

Latin

Etymology

From rōbīgō (“rust; blight”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [roːˈbiː.ɡʊs]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈbiː.ɡus]

Proper noun

Rōbīgus m sg (genitive Rōbīgī); second declension

(Roman mythology) The god summoned against the blight

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

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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