dūrō āvī ātus, āre durus. I. Trans, to make hard, harden, solidify: fumo uvam, dry, H.: calor durat (terram), V.: caementa calce durata, L.: solo nives, H.: undam in glaciem, Tb.
—Fig., to harden with use, make hardy, inure: membra animumque, H.: umeros ad volnera, V.: hoc se labore, Cs.: adversus mala duratus, L.
—To render hard, make insensible, dull, blunt: ferro (Iuppiter) duravit saecula, H.
— To bear, endure, resist: laborem, V.: Vix durare carinae Possunt Aequor, H.
— II. Intrans, to grow hard: Tum durare solum Coeperit, V.
—To be inured, be patient, wait, persevere, endure, hold out: hic, T.: in labore sub pellibus, L.: Durate et vosmet servate, V.
— Pass impers.: nec durari extra tecta poterat, L.
— To hold out, continue, last, remain: totidem per annos, V.: duret gentibus odium sui, Ta.: durante originis vi, Ta.: eadem horam durare probantes, H.: durando saecula vincit, V.: in hanc saeculi lucem, to survive, Ta.: durant colles, i. e. extend, Ta.