confragosus
διαφέρει δὲ ἡ κωμῳδία τῆς τραγῳδίας, ὅτι ἡ μὲν κωμῳδία ἀπὸ γέλωτος εἰς γέλωτα καταλήγει, ἡ δὲ τραγῳδία ἀπὸ θρήνου εἰς θρῆνον → comedy is different from tragedy, because comedy tapers off from laughter into laughter, but tragedy from lament into lament
Latin > English
confragosus confragosa -um, confragosior -or -us, confragosissimus -a -um ADJ :: rough, uneven, broken; difficult, hard, difficult to accomplish
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
con-frăgōsus: a, um,
I adj., broken, rough, uneven (in good prose; cf. confragus; not in Cic.).
I Prop.: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4: fundus, id. ib. 1, 20, 5: locus lapidibus, Col. 2, 2, 8; cf. id. 6, 17, 2; and Liv. 28, 2, 1; 32, 4, 4: via (together with ardua et aspera), id. 44, 3, 3; cf. Sen. Ep. 84, 13: angustiae, Liv. 38, 41, 5; 5, 26, 5.— Hence, subst.: confrăgōsum, i, n., a rough place or region: fortior miles ex confragoso venit, Sen. Ep. 51, 10: castra inter confragosa omnia locat, Liv. 21, 32, 9; 5, 26, 5.—Trop.: e confragosis atque asperis evecti, Quint. 6, 1, 52.—
II Trop. (several times in Plaut. and in Quint. like fragosus; elsewhere rare): condiciones, hard, difficult, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25; id. Cist. 2, 3, 70; with velut, Quint. 8, 5, 29: nomina quaedam versusque, id. 1, 1, 37: argumenta (together with horrida), id. 5, 8, 1.—* Comp., Mall. Theod. Metr. 7.—No sup.—Hence, adv.: confrăgōsē, roughly, unevenly, Mar. Vict. p. 2550.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfrăgōsus,¹⁴ a, um, (confringo),
1 âpre, inégal, raboteux, rude : confragosa loca Liv. 28, 2, 1, lieux d’accès difficile, cf. Cic. Fr. F 9, 17 || cōnfrăgōsum, ī, n., Sen. Ep. 51, 9, et cōnfrăgōsa, ōrum, n., Quint. 5, 8, 1, endroits, régions difficiles
2 [fig.] a) raboteux, inégal : versus confragosi Quint. 1, 1, 37, vers rocailleux ; b) embarrassant : condiciones confragosæ Pl. Men. 591, conditions embarrassantes || confragosior Mall. Th. p. 596, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōn-fragōsus, a, um, holperig, uneben, I) eig.: ager, fundus, Varr.: loca, via, Liv.: rupes, Frontin.: locus lapidibus confragosus, Col. – neutr. subst. = eine holperige Stelle, unebene Gegend, creperi aliquid et confragosi, Sen.: fortior miles ex confragoso venit, Sen.: u. Plur. confragosa, Liv. u. Frontin. – II) übtr.: a) übh.: argumenta velut horrida et c., Quint.: versus velut c., Quint.: Compar., confragosius quiddam et durius, Mall. Theod. de metr. 7. – b) auf Schrauben gestellt, geschraubt, condiciones, Plaut. Men. 591: sed ego illud quaero confragosum, das ist mir zu hoch, Plaut. cist. 614.
Latin > Chinese
confragosus, a, um. adj. :: 粗。不平。 Confragosi versus 粗詩。
