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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + dūrus + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
Verb
obdūrēscō (present infinitive obdūrēscere, perfect active obdūruī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to harden
- to become insensible, obdurate
- to endure, be persistent
Conjugation
References
- “obduresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obduresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obduresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I have become callous to all pain: animus meus ad dolorem obduruit (Fam. 2. 16. 1)