(adj.adv.) : prae-dūrus, a, um, adj.
* Very hard (not in Cic. or Caes.).
* Lit.: faba praedura,Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 121: radices,id. 26, 8, 29, § 46: caput,id. 9, 29, 46, § 85; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 69: corium,Tac. H. 1, 79: dens,Mart. 13, 66 (al. perjurus).
* Transf., very strong: homo praedurus viribus,Verg. A. 10, 748: corpora,id. G. 2, 531: tempora,Ov. M. 12, 349.
* 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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