duras

duras is a Latin form of durus, meaning “hard; harsh, stern, rough; tough, hardy; cruel”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of duro, “harden; endure, last; hold out”.

Found 27 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 4.428: cur mea dicta neget duras demittere in auris.

Terence, Eunuchus 2.3.353b: Duras fratris partes praedicas.

All forms of durus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.