durus

durus

1. conditional of durar

From Proto-Italic *dūros, from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long”), from *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Sanskrit दूर (dūrá, “distant, far, long”), though there are semantic problems if the change “long” > “enduring” (see dūrō) is not accepted.

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (“hard, fast”). Cognate with Lithuanian drū́tas (“firm, strong”), Old English trum (“strong, firm”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.rus/, [ˈd̪uːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.rus/, [ˈd̪uːrus]

dūrus (feminine dūra, neuter dūrum, comparative dūrior, superlative dūrissimus, adverb dūrē or dūriter); first/second-declension adjective

1. hard, rough (of a touch)

   Synonyms: firmus, rōbustus

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.782:

     nec crīmen dūrās esset habēre manūs

     nor was it an offense to have rough hands [as a result of doing hard manual labor]

2. harsh (of a taste)
3. hardy, vigorous
4. unyielding, unfeeling, stern
5. oppressive, severe

   Dura lex, sed lex.

   The law is harsh but it is the law.

First/second-declension adjective.

• dūracinus
• dūricordia
• dūricorius
• dūritia

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• durus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)