verb intransitive

in-dūresco

2nd PP in-dūrescere · 3rd PP in-dūrescrŭi · conj. 3rd

to become hard; to harden

v. inch. n., to become hard, to harden (cf. percallesco; postAug.).

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Lit.: si vetus condyloma jam induruit, Cels. 6, 18, 8: grana, Col. 2, 20, 2. —

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Trop.: miles induruerat pro Vitellio, had become unalterably firm in his attachment to Vitellius, Tac. H. 3, 61: in pravum, to become hardened in, Quint. 1, 3, 12.

Perseus ID: n22944 Key: induresco