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Duramen
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Du-ra′men
,Noun.
[L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr.
durare
to harden. See Dure
.] (Bot.)
The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
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duramen
duramen
Latin
Etymology
From dūrō (“I make hard, harden”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /duːˈraː.men/
Noun
dūrāmen n (genitive dūrāminis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dūrāmen | dūrāmina |
| genitive | dūrāminis | dūrāminum |
| dative | dūrāminī | dūrāminibus |
| accusative | dūrāmen | dūrāmina |
| ablative | dūrāmine | dūrāminibus |
| vocative | dūrāmen | dūrāmina |
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Descendants
References
- duramen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “duramen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.