δύσκολος

English (LSJ)

ον, (κόλον):    I of persons, prop. hard to satisfy with food (cf. Ath.6.262a): but, generally, hard to please, discontented, fretful, peevish, Ar.V.942; γῆρας E.Ba.1251; δ. ψυχὴ καὶ ἀγρία Pl.Lg.649e, cf. Arist.EN1108a30, etc.; τὸ δ. Pl.Lg.791c; of animals, intractable, Id.Tht.174d (Comp.): so in Adv. δυσκόλως, ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα, D.19.132, Isoc.3.33; δυσκολώτερον διακεῖσθαι Pl. Phd.84e.    II of things, troublesome, harassing, δ. ἡ ἡνιόχησις Id.Phdr.246b; πυρετοί Hp.Coac.38: generally, unpleasant, ἄν τι δ. συμβῇ D.18.189, cf. Men.89; εἴ τι δ. πέπρακται Θηβαίοις πρὸς ἡμᾶς D. 18.176; καιροὶ δ. difficult times, IG22.682.33. Adv. -λως, ὑπακούειν Hp.Epid.3.8.    2 difficult to explain, Arist.SE180b5, Metaph.1001b1; δ. ἐστι it is difficult, Ev.Marc.10.24, cf. Onos.1.15 (Comp.); τὰ μὲν ῥάδια . . τὰ δὲ δ. Phld.Po.994.24. Adv. -λως hardly, with difficulty, Ev.Marc.10.23,al.