robigo

Latin

Alternative forms

• rubīgō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [roːˈbiː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈbiː.ɡo]

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

• rōbīginō
• rōbīginōsus
• Rōbīgus

Related terms

• rubeus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance: (unlikely)
  • Aromanian: arudzinã
  • Romanian: rugină
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rubigine
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansch: ruina
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: rebinxe, rebixa, rebixe
  • Portuguese: rubigem
  • Spanish: robín (ialectal)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *robiclus
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Northern:
      • Franco-Provençal: roulye
      • French: rouille
    • Southern:
      • Catalan: rovell
      • Occitan: rovilh
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: robín
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *robūgo, *robūginem
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Romansch: arvugian
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: rebuny, rebull (Ribagorçan)
    • 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