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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.