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|lshtext=<b>rōbŏro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[strong]]; to [[strengthen]], [[invigorate]], [[confirm]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[artus]], Lucr. 4, 1038: equum largo [[cibo]], Col. 6, 27, 8: nidos stramento, Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92: vitem, id. 17, 22, 35, § 175: spicam, id. 18, 28, 67, § 260. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: gravitatem perpetuā constantiā, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; cf.: haec omnia exercitatione plurimā, Quint. 8, prooem. § 28: recti [[cultus]] pectora roborant, Hor. C. 4, 4, 34: educata hujus nutrimentis [[eloquentia]] ipsa se [[postea]] colorat et roborat, becomes [[strong]], Cic. Or. 13, 42: [[regnum]], Vulg. 2 Par. 11, 17.—Hence, * rōbŏrātus, a, um, P. a., strengthened, [[strong]], [[vigorous]]: roboratior [[exitus]], Tert. Anim. 25; Hier. Cont. Pel. 3, 8.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>rōbŏrō</b>,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre ([[robur]]), tr., fortifier, rendre [[robuste]], affermir, consolider : Lucr. 4, 1038 ; Col. Rust. 6, 27, 8 ; Plin. 18, 260 || [fig.] Cic. Off. 1, 112 ; Or. 42.
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