LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

indūrēscō

indūrēscō (present infinitive indūrēscere, perfect active indūruī)

Meaning

  1. to harden, set, become hard

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.indūrēscōindūrēscēbamindūrēscamindūruīindūrueramindūruerō
2nd sg.indūrēscisindūrēscēbāsindūrēscēsindūruistīindūruerāsindūrueris
3rd sg.indūrēscitindūrēscēbatindūrēscetindūruitindūrueratindūruerit
1st pl.indūrēscimusindūrēscēbāmusindūrēscēmusindūruimusindūruerāmusindūruerimus
2nd pl.indūrēscitisindūrēscēbātisindūrēscētisindūruistisindūruerātisindūrueritis
3rd pl.indūrēscuntindūrēscēbantindūrēscentindūruērunt
indūruēre		indūruerantindūruerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.indūrēscamindūrēsceremindūruerimindūruissem
2nd sg.indūrēscāsindūrēscerēsindūruerīsindūruissēs
3rd sg.indūrēscatindūrēsceretindūrueritindūruisset
1st pl.indūrēscāmusindūrēscerēmusindūruerīmusindūruissēmus
2nd pl.indūrēscātisindūrēscerētisindūruerītisindūruissētis
3rd pl.indūrēscantindūrēscerentindūruerintindūruissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.indūrēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.indūrēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.indūrēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.indūrēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.indūrēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.indūrēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveindūrēscere—
perfect infinitiveindūruisse—
present participleindūrēscēns—
gerundindūrēscendī, indūrēscendō, indūrēscendum

in-dūresco, rŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n., to become hard, to harden (cf. percallesco; postAug.).
I. Lit.: si vetus condyloma jam induruit, Cels. 6, 18, 8: grana, Col. 2, 20, 2. —
II. Trop.: miles induruerat pro Vitellio, had become unalterably firm in his attachment to Vitellius, Tac. H. 3, 61: in pravum, to become hardened in, Quint. 1, 3, 12.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinindūrēscō

Latin dūrēscō Latin indūrēscō From in- + dūrēscō.

Descendants
  • Frenchendurcir
  • Portugueseendurecer
  • Spanishendurecer
  • Galicianendurecer

Quick answers

What does indūrēscō mean in Latin?
indūrēscō, a verb, means “to harden, set, become hard”.
What are the principal parts of indūrēscō?
indūrēscō, indūrēscere, indūruī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
Where does indūrēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin indūrēscō.