χαλεπότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ητος, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[difficulty]], [[ruggedness]], τῶν χωρίων <span class="bibl">Th.4.12</span>,<span class="bibl">33</span>: metaph. in pl., μεγάλας ἔχουσιν αἱ σύντομοι [ὁδοὶ] χαλεπότητας <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.225c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[difficulty]], of understanding, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>93b34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> mostly of persons, [[harshness]], [[severity]], opp. [[ῥᾳστώνη]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>107c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>902c</span>; ἡ τοῦ σοφιστοῦ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>254a</span>; τρόπων χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>929d</span>; τῶν πολιτειῶν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.142</span>; abs., <span class="bibl">Th.1.84</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.24</span>, etc.; of the Lacedaemonians, <span class="bibl">Id.12.90</span>; μετὰ χαλεπότητος ἀκροᾶσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.15.20</span>; of the laws of Draco, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1274b17</span>: pl., opp. [[πραότητες]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.116</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[ill-temper]], [[vice]], of a horse, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>3.10</span>.</span>