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|Definition=ον, (κόλον): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, prop. <b class="b2">hard to satisfy with food</b> (cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.6.262a</span>): but, generally, <b class="b2">hard to please, discontented, fretful, peevish</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>942</span>; γῆρας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1251</span>; δ. ψυχὴ καὶ ἀγρία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>649e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1108a30</span>, etc.; τὸ δ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>791c</span>; of animals, <b class="b2">intractable</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174d</span> (Comp.): so in Adv. <b class="b3">δυσκόλως, ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα</b>, <span class="bibl">D.19.132</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.33</span>; δυσκολώτερον διακεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>84e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, <b class="b2">troublesome, harassing</b>, δ. ἡ ἡνιόχησις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>246b</span>; πυρετοί <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>38</span>: generally, <b class="b2">unpleasant</b>, ἄν τι δ. συμβῇ <span class="bibl">D.18.189</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.89</span>; εἴ τι δ. πέπρακται Θηβαίοις πρὸς ἡμᾶς <span class="bibl">D. 18.176</span>; <b class="b3">καιροὶ δ</b>. <b class="b2">difficult</b> times, <span class="title">IG</span>22.682.33. Adv. -λως, ὑπακούειν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">difficult to explain</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">SE</span>180b5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1001b1</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ἐστι</b> it is <b class="b2">difficult</b>, Ev.Marc.10.24, cf. <span class="bibl">Onos.1.15</span> (Comp.); τὰ μὲν ῥάδια . . τὰ δὲ δ. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>994.24</span>. Adv. -λως <b class="b2">hardly, with difficulty</b>, Ev.Marc.10.23,al.</span>