01-30-2017, 06:02 PM
(01-30-2017, 03:08 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: Doesn't praeduro corio literally mean 'hardened leather'?
Praedurus, -a, -um means 'very hard, very strong' and corium means 'skin, hide, leather', so praedurum corium, in the sense of 'very hard hide', would seem to have the characteristics of rawhide, if I understand the term correctly.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
