dūrus, dūra, dūrum

Definitions for dūrus

Wheelock's Latin

Adjective

1
hard, harsh, rough, stern, unfeeling, hardy, difficult
English derivatives:
dour durable duration during duress endure obdurate

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Adjective

1
(of material substances) Resisting to the touch, hard, firm, solid. (b) (of the skin, etc., of men or animals, esp. as a consequence of work or disease). (c) (of the bowels) constipated.
2
Harsh, strong (to the taste).
3
Hardy, robust, capable of endurance.
4
Unimpressionable (in feeling or understanding), stubborn, unsympathetic, hardened, shameless, brazen.
5
Harsh, pitiless, hard. (b) (poet., of lovers, etc.).

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Sentences with dūrus

Latin to English

Tam dūrus erat ut nēmō eum amāret.Compare He was so harsh that no one loved him.

Haec cupimus ut vītam pulchriōrem agāmus; nam pecūnia sōla et imperium possunt hominēs dūrōs facere, ut fēlicēs nōn sint.Compare These things we desire so that we may live a finer life; for money alone and power can make men harsh, so that they are not happy.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 582.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

Bibliography

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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.

Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.

Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.

Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.

Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "dūrus, dūra, dūrum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified June 20, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/durus-dura-durum.