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prae-dūrus , a, um, adj.,
I.very hard (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
B. Transf., very strong: “homo praedurus viribus,Verg. A. 10, 748: “corpora,id. G. 2, 531: “tempora,Ov. M. 12, 349.—
II. Trop., very hard or difficult, very harsh, etc.: aetas, i. e. hardy (opp. tenera), Col. 6, 2, 1: “labor,Val. Fl. 1, 235: “sunt quidam praeduri oris,” i. e. very impudent, Quint. 6, 4, 11: “verba,very harsh, id. 1, 6, 26.—Hence, praedurē , adv., very hardy, Avien. Pr. Mar. 488.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.349
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.748
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.531
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.79
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.85
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.121
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.46
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.235
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 6.26
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 4.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.69
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.2.1
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.66
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