durities
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dūrĭtĭes: v. duritia
I init.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dūrĭtĭēs,¹⁴ ēī, f., c. duritia [forme rare : Lucr. 4, 268 ; Catul. 66, 50 ; Plin. Min. Pan. 82, 6 ; Suet. Nero 34.
Latin > German (Georges)
dūritiēs, ēī, f. (durus), die Härte, I) eig.: a) übh.: dur. saxi, Lucr.: ferri, Catull.: duritie lapillis similes, Plin. – meton., ein harter Stoff, quae ex aliqua duritie fabricantur, Firm. math. 3, 6, 7 extr. – b) als mediz t.t., die Verhärtung, cutis, Cels.: vulvae, Plin.: rubicundior, Cels.: si vetustior iam durities est, Cels.: facit ad omnem duritiem, Scrib.: invenies duritiem in intestino ingentem cucurbitae similem, Veget. mul. – II) übtr., die Härte, Gefühllosigkeit, animi, Cic. de dom. 101 K. (Müller duritiam).
Latin > English
durities duritiei N F :: hardness, insensibility; hardship, oppressiveness; strictness, rigor
