verb transitive intransitive

in-dūro

2nd PP in-dūrāre · 3rd PP in-dūrāvi · 4th PP in-dūrātum · conj. 1st

to make hard; to harden poetic

to make hard, to harden (poet. and post-Aug.).

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Lit.: nivem Indurat Boreas, Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 14: sues indurantes attritu arborum costas, Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212.—

to harden; steel figuratively •

Trop., to harden, steel: indurandus est animus, Sen. Ep. 51: adversus omnia, quae accidere possunt, id. ib. 4: frontem, to render shameless, id. Ben. 7, 28.—

Neutr; to become hard; harden •

Neutr., to become hard, harden: quae (creta) si induraverit, Veg. 3, 82, 2.— Hence, indūrā-tus, a, um, P. a., hardened.

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Lit.: robora indurata flammis, Stat. Th. 4, 64.—

figuratively •

Trop.: induratus praeter spem resistendo hostium timor, Liv. 30, 18, 3: Germanis quid induratius ad omnem patientiam? Sen. Ira, 1, 11.

Perseus ID: n22945 Key: induro