δύσκολος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[κόλον]]):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, prop. [[hard]] to [[satisfy]] with [[food]] (cf. Ath.6.262a): but, generally, [[hard to please]], [[discontented]], [[fretful]], [[peevish]], [[ill-tempered]], [[discontented]], [[tetchy]], [[churlish]], [[difficult]] Ar.V.942; γῆρας E.Ba.1251; δ. ψυχὴ καὶ ἀγρία Pl.Lg.649e, cf. Arist.EN1108a30, etc.; [[restive]] (of a [[horse]]); τὸ [[δύσκολον]] Pl.Lg.791c; of [[animal]]s, [[intractable]], Id.Tht.174d (Comp.): so in Adv. [[δυσκόλως]], [[ἔχειν]], [[διακεῖσθαι]] πρός τινα, D.19.132, Isoc.3.33; δυσκολώτερον διακεῖσθαι Pl. Phd.84e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[troublesome]], [[annoying]], [[disagreeable]], [[harassing]] δύσκολος ἡ [[ἡνιόχησις]] Id.Phdr.246b; πυρετοί Hp.Coac.38: generally, [[unpleasant]], ἄν τι δύσκολον συμβῇ D.18.189, cf. Men.89; εἴ τι δύσκολον πέπρακται Θηβαίοις πρὸς ἡμᾶς D. 18.176; [[καιροὶ δύσκολοι]] = [[difficult]] [[times]], IG22.682.33. Adv. [[δυσκόλως]], [[ὑπακούειν]] Hp.Epid.3.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[difficult]] to [[explain]], Arist.SE180b5, Metaph.1001b1; [[δύσκολόν ἐστι]] = [[it is difficult]], Ev.Marc.10.24, cf. Onos.1.15 (Comp.); τὰ μὲν ῥάδια… τὰ δὲ δύσκολα Phld.Po.994.24. Adv. [[δυσκόλως]] = [[hardly]], [[with difficulty]], [[in an ill-tempered manner]], [[with annoyance]], [[impatiently]], [[awkwardly]], [[unpleasantly]] Ev.Marc.10.23,al.