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Latin
Etymology
From dūrus + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dūrēscō (present infinitive dūrēscere, perfect active dūruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to harden, grow hard
Conjugation
References
- “duresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “duresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.