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|lshtext=<b>dif-fĭcĭlis</b>: e (old form [[difficul]], [[like]] [[facul]], [[famul]], [[simul]], etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [[facilis]]; [[hence]], [[far]] from [[easy]] to do, to [[accomplish]], to [[bear]], etc.; v. [[facilis]],<br /><b>I</b> [[hard]], [[difficult]], [[troublesome]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: nulla est tam [[facilis]] res, [[quin]] [[difficilis]] siet, [[quom]] [[invitus]] facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and: sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit, Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi [[magnitudo]] redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.: [[quam]] graves, [[quam]] difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates! Cic. Lael. 17 fin.: res arduae ac difficiles, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28: contortae res et difficiles, Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.: [[quam]] scopuloso difficilique in [[loco]] verser, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.: in locos difficiles abire, Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.: [[iter]] angustum et [[difficile]], Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3: [[valles]], id. ib. 1, 68, 2: difficili et arduo ascensu, id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23: [[difficilis]] [[atque]] impedita [[palus]], Caes. B. G. 7, 19: [[transitus]], id. ib. 6, 7, 5: [[aditus]], id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56: [[tempus]] anni difficillimum, Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5: difficili rei publicae tempore, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21: difficillimo reip. tempore, id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4: [[partus]], Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22: [[urina]], id. 23, 9, 83, § 165: [[venter]], id. 22, 13, 15, § 33 et saep.: ([[Macer]] et [[Lucretius]]) [[alter]] [[humilis]], [[alter]] [[difficilis]], Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.: [[nimium]] [[difficile]] est reperiri amicum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20; so [[with]] a subjectclause, Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.: [[difficile]] ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, [[quot]] pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare [[numero]], Liv. 3, 5, 12: [[difficile]] est [[longum]] [[subito]] deponere amorem, Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.: [[difficile]] est, [[crimen]] non prodere vultu, Ov. M. 2, 447: [[difficile]] est, [[tristi]] fingere mente jocum, Tib. 3, 7, 2: (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126: ad percipiendum, Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.: [[difficile]] factu est, Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so, factu, id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11: dictu, id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2: aditu ([[locus]]), Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.: [[fructus]] [[difficilis]] concoctioni, Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.: in difficili esse, Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.: in facili esse, id. 3, 8, 9; so, in difficili rem esse, Cels. 5, 26 fin.: [[ille]] [[casus]] in difficili est, si, etc., Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of [[character]], [[hard]] to [[manage]] or to [[please]], [[obstinate]], [[captious]], [[morose]], [[surly]]: difficiles ac morosi, Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173: [[senex]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.: moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7: sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes, id. ib. 18, 65: [[avunculus]] difficillimā naturā, Nep. Att. 5; cf.: difficili [[bile]] tumet jecur, Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: [[parens]] in liberos [[difficilis]], Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72: Penelopen difficilem procis, Hor. C. 3, 10, 11: vocanti, id. ib. 3, 7, 32: Gradivo, Ov. A. A. 2, 566: precibus, id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.: terrae, [[intractable]], Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.: difficilem [[oportet]] aurem habere ad crimina, [[deaf]], [[inaccessible]], Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).—Adv., in [[three]] forms ([[but]] the [[use]] of the adv. is [[mostly]] avoided by the [[best]] authors, [[difficile]] est [[taking]] its [[place]],<br /> v. [[supra]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> diffĭcĭlē, [[with]] [[difficulty]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> diffĭculter, [[with]] [[difficulty]] (the [[usual]] form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> diffĭcĭl-ĭter, [[with]] [[difficulty]] ([[rare]]), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—<br /> <b>b</b> Comp.: difficilius, Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—<br /> <b>c</b> Sup.: difficillime, Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al. | |lshtext=<b>dif-fĭcĭlis</b>: e (old form [[difficul]], [[like]] [[facul]], [[famul]], [[simul]], etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [[facilis]]; [[hence]], [[far]] from [[easy]] to do, to [[accomplish]], to [[bear]], etc.; v. [[facilis]],<br /><b>I</b> [[hard]], [[difficult]], [[troublesome]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: nulla est tam [[facilis]] res, [[quin]] [[difficilis]] siet, [[quom]] [[invitus]] facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and: sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit, Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi [[magnitudo]] redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.: [[quam]] graves, [[quam]] difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates! Cic. Lael. 17 fin.: res arduae ac difficiles, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28: contortae res et difficiles, Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.: [[quam]] scopuloso difficilique in [[loco]] verser, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.: in locos difficiles abire, Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.: [[iter]] angustum et [[difficile]], Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3: [[valles]], id. ib. 1, 68, 2: difficili et arduo ascensu, id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23: [[difficilis]] [[atque]] impedita [[palus]], Caes. B. G. 7, 19: [[transitus]], id. ib. 6, 7, 5: [[aditus]], id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56: [[tempus]] anni difficillimum, Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5: difficili rei publicae tempore, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21: difficillimo reip. tempore, id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4: [[partus]], Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22: [[urina]], id. 23, 9, 83, § 165: [[venter]], id. 22, 13, 15, § 33 et saep.: ([[Macer]] et [[Lucretius]]) [[alter]] [[humilis]], [[alter]] [[difficilis]], Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.: [[nimium]] [[difficile]] est reperiri amicum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20; so [[with]] a subjectclause, Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.: [[difficile]] ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, [[quot]] pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare [[numero]], Liv. 3, 5, 12: [[difficile]] est [[longum]] [[subito]] deponere amorem, Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.: [[difficile]] est, [[crimen]] non prodere vultu, Ov. M. 2, 447: [[difficile]] est, [[tristi]] fingere mente jocum, Tib. 3, 7, 2: (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126: ad percipiendum, Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.: [[difficile]] factu est, Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so, factu, id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11: dictu, id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2: aditu ([[locus]]), Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.: [[fructus]] [[difficilis]] concoctioni, Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.: in difficili esse, Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.: in facili esse, id. 3, 8, 9; so, in difficili rem esse, Cels. 5, 26 fin.: [[ille]] [[casus]] in difficili est, si, etc., Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of [[character]], [[hard]] to [[manage]] or to [[please]], [[obstinate]], [[captious]], [[morose]], [[surly]]: difficiles ac morosi, Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173: [[senex]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.: moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7: sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes, id. ib. 18, 65: [[avunculus]] difficillimā naturā, Nep. Att. 5; cf.: difficili [[bile]] tumet jecur, Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: [[parens]] in liberos [[difficilis]], Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72: Penelopen difficilem procis, Hor. C. 3, 10, 11: vocanti, id. ib. 3, 7, 32: Gradivo, Ov. A. A. 2, 566: precibus, id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.: terrae, [[intractable]], Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.: difficilem [[oportet]] aurem habere ad crimina, [[deaf]], [[inaccessible]], Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).—Adv., in [[three]] forms ([[but]] the [[use]] of the adv. is [[mostly]] avoided by the [[best]] authors, [[difficile]] est [[taking]] its [[place]],<br /> v. [[supra]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> diffĭcĭlē, [[with]] [[difficulty]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> diffĭculter, [[with]] [[difficulty]] (the [[usual]] form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> diffĭcĭl-ĭter, [[with]] [[difficulty]] ([[rare]]), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—<br /> <b>b</b> Comp.: difficilius, Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—<br /> <b>c</b> Sup.: difficillime, Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al. | ||
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|gf=<b>diffĭcĭlis</b>,⁷ e ([[dis]], [[facilis]]),<br /><b>1</b> [[difficile]], malaisé, pénible : [[res]] difficiles ad eloquendum Cic. Off. 1, 126, choses difficiles à exprimer ; quorum [[judicium]] [[difficile]] factu [[est]] [[non]] probare Cic. Off. 1, 71, il [[est]] [[difficile]] de ne pas approuver leur jugement ; [[quod]] difficilius dictu [[est]] Cic. Læl. 23, ce qui [[est]] [[plus]] [[difficile]] à [[dire]], cf. CM 12 ; scopuloso difficilique in [[loco]] versari Cic. Cæcil. 36, être dans une passe dangereuse et [[difficile]] ; [[fructus]] [[difficilis]] concoctioni Plin. 23, 79, fruit [[difficile]] à digérer ; difficillimo [[rei]] publicæ tempore Cic. Phil. 5, 36, dans les circonstances politiques les [[plus]] critiques || n. pris subst<sup>t</sup> : in difficili [[esse]] Liv. 3, 65, 11, être [[difficile]], cf. Cels. Med. 5, 26 ; Dig. 28, 2, 29, 15<br /><b>2</b> [[difficile]], chagrin, [[morose]], peu traitable : [[usque]] eo difficiles sumus, ut Cic. Or. 104, je [[suis]] d’humeur si [[difficile]] que, cf. Fin. 1, 61 ; CM 7 ; 65 ; Hor. P. 173 ; [[parens]] [[difficilis]] in liberos Acc. d. Cic. Nat. 3, 72, père dur pour ses enfants ; [[Penelope]] [[difficilis]] procis Hor. O. 3, 10, 11, Pénélope inflexible pour ses prétendants ; [[difficilis]] precibus Ov. P. 2, 2, 20, peu accessible aux prières. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dif-fĭcĭlis: e (old form difficul, like facul, famul, simul, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. facilis; hence, far from easy to do, to accomplish, to bear, etc.; v. facilis,
I hard, difficult, troublesome (very freq. and class.).
I In gen.: nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quom invitus facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and: sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit, Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.: quam graves, quam difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates! Cic. Lael. 17 fin.: res arduae ac difficiles, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28: contortae res et difficiles, Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.: quam scopuloso difficilique in loco verser, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.: in locos difficiles abire, Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.: iter angustum et difficile, Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3: valles, id. ib. 1, 68, 2: difficili et arduo ascensu, id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23: difficilis atque impedita palus, Caes. B. G. 7, 19: transitus, id. ib. 6, 7, 5: aditus, id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56: tempus anni difficillimum, Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5: difficili rei publicae tempore, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21: difficillimo reip. tempore, id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4: partus, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22: urina, id. 23, 9, 83, § 165: venter, id. 22, 13, 15, § 33 et saep.: (Macer et Lucretius) alter humilis, alter difficilis, Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.: nimium difficile est reperiri amicum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20; so with a subjectclause, Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.: difficile ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, quot pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare numero, Liv. 3, 5, 12: difficile est longum subito deponere amorem, Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.: difficile est, crimen non prodere vultu, Ov. M. 2, 447: difficile est, tristi fingere mente jocum, Tib. 3, 7, 2: (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126: ad percipiendum, Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.: difficile factu est, Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so, factu, id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11: dictu, id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2: aditu (locus), Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.: fructus difficilis concoctioni, Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.: in difficili esse, Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.: in facili esse, id. 3, 8, 9; so, in difficili rem esse, Cels. 5, 26 fin.: ille casus in difficili est, si, etc., Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.
II In partic., of character, hard to manage or to please, obstinate, captious, morose, surly: difficiles ac morosi, Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173: senex, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.: moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7: sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes, id. ib. 18, 65: avunculus difficillimā naturā, Nep. Att. 5; cf.: difficili bile tumet jecur, Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: parens in liberos difficilis, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72: Penelopen difficilem procis, Hor. C. 3, 10, 11: vocanti, id. ib. 3, 7, 32: Gradivo, Ov. A. A. 2, 566: precibus, id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.: terrae, intractable, Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.: difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina, deaf, inaccessible, Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).—Adv., in three forms (but the use of the adv. is mostly avoided by the best authors, difficile est taking its place,
v. supra).
(a) diffĭcĭlē, with difficulty (perh. not ante-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—
(b) diffĭculter, with difficulty (the usual form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—
(g) diffĭcĭl-ĭter, with difficulty (rare), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—
b Comp.: difficilius, Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—
c Sup.: difficillime, Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
diffĭcĭlis,⁷ e (dis, facilis),
1 difficile, malaisé, pénible : res difficiles ad eloquendum Cic. Off. 1, 126, choses difficiles à exprimer ; quorum judicium difficile factu est non probare Cic. Off. 1, 71, il est difficile de ne pas approuver leur jugement ; quod difficilius dictu est Cic. Læl. 23, ce qui est plus difficile à dire, cf. CM 12 ; scopuloso difficilique in loco versari Cic. Cæcil. 36, être dans une passe dangereuse et difficile ; fructus difficilis concoctioni Plin. 23, 79, fruit difficile à digérer ; difficillimo rei publicæ tempore Cic. Phil. 5, 36, dans les circonstances politiques les plus critiques
