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durus
durus
See also: duruş
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (“hard, fast”).
cognates
| Probably Lithuanian drū́tas (“firm, strong”), Old English trum (“trim, strong, firm”) and Sanskrit ध्रुव (dhruva, “firm, fixed”). |
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈduː.rus/
Adjective
dūrus m (feminine dūra, neuter dūrum); first/second declension
- hard, rough (of a touch)
- harsh (of a taste)
- hardy, vigorous
- unyielding, unfeeling, stern
- oppressive, severe
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | dūrus | dūra | dūrum | dūrī | dūrae | dūra | |
| genitive | dūrī | dūrae | dūrī | dūrōrum | dūrārum | dūrōrum | |
| dative | dūrō | dūrō | dūrīs | ||||
| accusative | dūrum | dūram | dūrum | dūrōs | dūrās | dūra | |
| ablative | dūrō | dūrā | dūrō | dūrīs | |||
| vocative | dūre | dūra | dūrum | dūrī | dūrae | dūra | |
- comparative: dūrior, superlative: dūrissimus
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References
- durus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- durus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DURUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “durus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)