κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
P. and V. βαρύς, ὀχληρός, λυπηρός, δυσχερής, Ar. and P. χαλεπός; see troublesome.
