duramentum

dūrāmentum, i, n. [id.], a hardening in concreto.

I.

Lit., a hardened, i. e. ligneous vine-branch, Col. 4, 21, 1; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 208; Pall. Febr. 12, 1.—Called also duramen, Col. 4, 22, 1.—

II.

Transf., a means of hardening, stimulus:

humanae imbecillitatis efficacissimum duramentum est necessitas,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 10.—

III.

Trop., firmness (with robur), Sen. Tranq. An. 1.