induro

See also: indurò

Italian

Verb

induro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of indurare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

  • From in- +‎ dūrō (harden, endure).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    indūrō (present infinitive indūrāre, perfect active indūrāvī, supine indūrātum); first conjugation

    1. (poetic) to make or become hard; harden
      • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 3.366–367:
        [] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,
        Interea toto non setius aere ningit.
        [] hoarfrost clings stiff to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: endurar
    • English: endure, indurate
    • French: endurer
    • Italian: indurare
    • Portuguese: endurar
    • Romanian: îndura, îndurare
    • Sicilian: nnuriri
    • Spanish: endurar

    References

    • induro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • induro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • induro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.