durateus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek δουράτεος (douráteos, “wooden”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [duːˈra.te.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [duˈraː.te.us] === Adjective === dūrateus (feminine dūratea, neuter dūrateum); first/second-declension adjective wooden ==== Usage notes ==== Only used to describe the Trojan horse. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “dūrătĕus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dūrătĕus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. dūrateus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung