dūrāmentum, i, n. [duro], 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.