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|lshtext=<b>dif-fĭcĭlis</b>: e (old form [[difficul]], [[like]] [[facul]], [[famul]], [[simul]], etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [[facilis]]; [[hence]], [[far]] from [[easy]] to do, to [[accomplish]], to [[bear]], etc.; v. [[facilis]],<br /><b>I</b> [[hard]], [[difficult]], [[troublesome]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: nulla est tam [[facilis]] res, [[quin]] [[difficilis]] siet, [[quom]] [[invitus]] facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and: sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit, Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.: quae facilia ex difficillimis animi [[magnitudo]] redegerat, Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.: [[quam]] graves, [[quam]] difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates! Cic. Lael. 17 fin.: res arduae ac difficiles, id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28: contortae res et difficiles, Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.: [[quam]] scopuloso difficilique in [[loco]] verser, id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.: in locos difficiles abire, Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.: [[iter]] angustum et [[difficile]], Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3: [[valles]], id. ib. 1, 68, 2: difficili et arduo ascensu, id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23: [[difficilis]] [[atque]] impedita [[palus]], Caes. B. G. 7, 19: [[transitus]], id. ib. 6, 7, 5: [[aditus]], id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56: [[tempus]] anni difficillimum, Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5: difficili rei publicae tempore, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21: difficillimo reip. tempore, id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4: [[partus]], Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22: [[urina]], id. 23, 9, 83, § 165: [[venter]], id. 22, 13, 15, § 33 et saep.: ([[Macer]] et [[Lucretius]]) [[alter]] [[humilis]], [[alter]] [[difficilis]], Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.: [[nimium]] [[difficile]] est reperiri amicum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20; so [[with]] a subjectclause, Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.: [[difficile]] ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, [[quot]] pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare [[numero]], Liv. 3, 5, 12: [[difficile]] est [[longum]] [[subito]] deponere amorem, Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.: [[difficile]] est, [[crimen]] non prodere vultu, Ov. M. 2, 447: [[difficile]] est, [[tristi]] fingere mente jocum, Tib. 3, 7, 2: (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126: ad percipiendum, Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.: [[difficile]] factu est, Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so, factu, id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11: dictu, id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2: aditu ([[locus]]), Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.: [[fructus]] [[difficilis]] concoctioni, Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.: in difficili esse, Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.: in facili esse, id. 3, 8, 9; so, in difficili rem esse, Cels. 5, 26 fin.: [[ille]] [[casus]] in difficili est, si, etc., Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of [[character]], [[hard]] to [[manage]] or to [[please]], [[obstinate]], [[captious]], [[morose]], [[surly]]: difficiles ac morosi, Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173: [[senex]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.: moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes, Cic. de Sen. 3, 7: sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes, id. ib. 18, 65: [[avunculus]] difficillimā naturā, Nep. Att. 5; cf.: difficili [[bile]] tumet jecur, Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: [[parens]] in liberos [[difficilis]], Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72: Penelopen difficilem procis, Hor. C. 3, 10, 11: vocanti, id. ib. 3, 7, 32: Gradivo, Ov. A. A. 2, 566: precibus, id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.: terrae, [[intractable]], Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.: difficilem [[oportet]] aurem habere ad crimina, [[deaf]], [[inaccessible]], Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).—Adv., in [[three]] forms ([[but]] the [[use]] of the adv. is [[mostly]] avoided by the [[best]] authors, [[difficile]] est [[taking]] its [[place]],<br /> v. [[supra]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; diffĭcĭlē, [[with]] [[difficulty]] (perh. not [[ante]]-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; diffĭculter, [[with]] [[difficulty]] (the [[usual]] form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; diffĭcĭl-ĭter, [[with]] [[difficulty]] ([[rare]]), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.: difficilius, Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Sup.: difficillime, Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al.

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|georg=difficilis, e, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[dis]] u. [[facilis]]), [[schwer]], [[mit]] Schwierigkeiten verbunden, [[schwierig]], [[beschwerlich]] (Ggstz. [[facilis]]), I) eig.: [[res]], Ter.: [[haud]] diff. ex [[propinquo]] in tanta corpora [[ictus]], Liv.: [[quae]] facilia ex difficillimis animi [[magnitudo]] redegerat, Caes.: diff. [[urina]], [[Harnbeschwerde]], Plin.: [[venter]], Hartleibigkeit, Plin. – v. Örtl., [[schwer]] zu [[passieren]], [[schwierig]], [[beschwerlich]], [[gefährlich]], [[via]], Plaut.: [[iter]], Sall.: [[aditus]], [[ascensus]], Caes.: [[palus]], Caes.: [[locus]], Sall.: [[transitus]], Caes. – v. wissenschaftl. Untersuchungen usw., [[schwierig]], verwickelt, [[res]] obscurae et difficiles, Cic.: contortae [[res]] et [[saepe]] difficiles, Cic.: difficiles [[explicatus]] habere, Cic.: o [[quam]] [[difficilis]] est ignorantibus [[veritas]], et [[facilis]] scientibus, Lact. 2, 5, 16. – v. Lagen in der [[Zeit]] = [[mißlich]], [[gefährlich]], [[tempus]] anni difficillimum, Cic.: difficili [[rei]] publicae tempore, Cic.: difficillimis temporibus, Cic. – m. 2. Supin., [[difficile]] dictu, Cic., intellectu, Nep.: perceptu difficilia, Gell.: difficillima tractatu, Cornif. rhet. – m. ad u. Akk., [[difficile]] ad fidem, Liv.: difficilius ad eloquendum, Cic. – [[difficile]] est m. Infin., [[quoi]] verba dare [[difficile]] est, Ter.: est [[difficile]] confundere, Cic.: [[non]] fuisse [[difficile]] cavere, Caes.: in omni re difficillimum est formam exponere optimi, Cic.: loqui [[facile]] est, praestare [[difficile]], Lact. 4, 23, 8. – [[difficile]] est m. folg. ut u. Konj., [[difficile]] est, ut [[mihi]] de absente credas, Plin. ep. 4, 15, 7 (u. so ibid. 7, 17, 6): [[difficile]] est, ut [[praeter]] vespertinam γνώμην [[quicquam]] agi possit, [[Fronto]] ep. ad Caes. 5, 59 (74). p. 93, 2 N. – subst., difficilius, difficiliora, das Schwierigere (Ggstz. facilius, faciliora), Quint. 5, 10, 90 sqq.: dah. in difficili est, es ist [[schwer]], Liv. 3, 65, 11: u. [[non]] ex difficili [[causa]] petenda [[subest]], [[nicht]] [[schwer]] zu suchende, Ov. [[fast]]. 5, 350. – II) übtr., [[von]] [[Charakter]] u. [[Benehmen]] [[schwierig]], [[schwer]] zu [[behandeln]] od. zu [[befriedigen]], [[von]] dem, [[mit]] dem [[schwer]] auszukommen ist, krittelig, [[unleidlich]], [[leicht]] [[empfindlich]], [[grämlich]], griesgrämig, [[ärgerlich]], v. Frauen sröde (griech. [[χαλεπός]], δυςξύμβολος); [[hingegen]] [[morosus]] [[von]] dem, der seinen eigenen [[Kopf]] aufsetzt, eigenwillig, eigensinnig, nörgelig, [[launisch]], dah. verb. [[difficilis]] et [[morosus]], Cic. u.a. (s. Fritzsche Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 5, 90): [[puella]] [[nimis]] [[facilis]] difficilisque [[nimis]], Mart.: diff. [[senex]], Ter.: [[equus]], Sil.: diff in alqm, zB. [[parens]] in liberos diff., Cic.: diff. alci, Liv., Hor. u. Ov., od. precibus alcis, Ov.: ([[homo]]) difficillimā naturā ([[Naturell]]), Nep.: diff. [[bilis]], Hor. – m. 2. Supin., [[manus]] ([[Schar]]) moderatu [[difficilis]], Liv. 4, 27, 9: [[difficilis]] aditu, [[Sidon]]. epist. 8, 11, 4. – Dav. Adv., a) Posit.: α) seltene u. viell. [[erst]] nachaug. [[Form]] [[difficile]], Vell., Cels. u.a. – β) seltene [[Form]] [[difficiliter]], Cic. Acad. 2, 50. Vitr. 1, 5, 2. Cels. 5, 18, 17. Col. 5, 3, 1 u. ö. [[Gaius]] 3, 219. Lact. de mort. pers. 9, 7. – γ) gew. [[Form]] [[difficulter]], [[Varro]], Caes. u.a. Vgl. übh. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.³ 2, 586 f. u. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 215. – b) Compar., difficilius, Caes. u.a. – u. Superl. difficillimē, Cic. u.a.

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