obduresco

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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

  1. to harden
  2. to become insensible, obdurate
  3. 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)