induro
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-dūro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.,
I to make hard, to harden (poet. and post-Aug.).
I Act.
A Lit.: nivem Indurat Boreas, Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 14: sues indurantes attritu arborum costas, Plin. 8, 52, 78, § 212.—
B Trop., to harden, steel: indurandus est animus, Sen. Ep. 51: adversus omnia, quae accidere possunt, id. ib. 4: frontem, to render shameless, id. Ben. 7, 28.—
II Neutr., to become hard, harden: quae (creta) si induraverit, Veg. 3, 82, 2.— Hence, indūrā-tus, a, um, P. a., hardened.
A Lit.: robora indurata flammis, Stat. Th. 4, 64.—
B Trop.: induratus praeter spem resistendo hostium timor, Liv. 30, 18, 3: Germanis quid induratius ad omnem patientiam? Sen. Ira, 1, 11. >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
indūrō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre,
1 tr., durcir, rendre dur : Plin. 8, 212 ; Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 14
