durus
See also: duruş
Ido
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (“hard, fast”). Probably related to Lithuanian drū́tas (“firm, strong”), Old English trum (“trim, strong, firm”) and Sanskrit ध्रुव (dhruva, “firm, fixed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈduː.rus/, [ˈduː.rʊs]
Adjective
dūrus (feminine dūra, neuter dūrum); first/second declension
- hard, rough (of a touch)
- harsh (of a taste)
- hardy, vigorous
- unyielding, unfeeling, stern
- oppressive, severe
- Dura lex, sed lex.
- The law is harsh but it is the law.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dūrus | dūra | dūrum | dūrī | dūrae | dūra | |
| Genitive | dūrī | dūrae | dūrī | dūrōrum | dūrārum | dūrōrum | |
| Dative | dūrō | dūrae | dūrō | dūrīs | dūrīs | dūrīs | |
| Accusative | dūrum | dūram | dūrum | dūrōs | dūrās | dūra | |
| Ablative | dūrō | dūrā | dūrō | dūrīs | dūrīs | dūrīs | |
| Vocative | dūre | dūra | dūrum | dūrī | dūrae | dūra | |
- comparative: dūrior, superlative: dūrissimus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- 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, 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)
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