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“durable” in Latin
dūrābilisdurable, lastingdūrōto harden, make hard; to last or endure; to dryfirmusstrong, powerful; stable, firm; faithful, steadfast, truesolidusdense, solid, not hollow; whole, entire, thorough, full; firmcōnstōto stand together; to stand still; to remain the same; stand firm; to agree, correspond, fitfundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scattepropriusappropriate to oneself: (one's) proper, (one's) own (inalienably); belonging to oneself as property, or goods: (one's) odiū̆turnuslong-lastingfragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak, frail, flimsy, perishablecadūcusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.; That easily falls, inclined to fall; Devoted to dea
The English word durable itself goes back to Latin dūrus, through dūrābilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
durable adj.
durabilis (Ov.): duraturus (that possesses the property of lasting, of bodily things): firmus (firm, that resists external impressions, destruction; figuratively, firm, unchangeable): solidus (solid, and hence unchangeable): constans (consistent, constant): fundatus (well-grounded: these three of incorporeal things, the state of which remains unchanged): proprius (durable in respect of the possession; e.g., praise): diuturnus (of time). A durable work, opus mansurum (Ov.): not durable, fragilis (easily broken, fragile; figuratively, easily destroyed, transitory): caducus (ready to fall): fragilis caducusque: fluxus (instable, inconstant, weak): brevis (short, in respect of time): to be durable, firmitatem or stabilitatem habere; stabilem ac firmum esse: to become durable, firmitatem nancisci; corroborari ac confirmari (e.g., of friendship).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for durable?
- The usual Latin words for “durable” are dūrābilis, dūrō, firmus; also solidus, cōnstō, fundō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.