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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + facilis (“easy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
difficilis (neuter difficile, comparative difficilior, superlative difficillimus, adverb difficulter or difficile or difficiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- difficult, hard, troublesome
- Antonyms: facilis, prōmptus
166 BCE,
Publius Terentius Afer,
Andria 380–381:
- PAMPHILUS: Quidvīs patiar. DĀVUS: Pater est, Pamphile: / difficile est. .
- PAMPHILUS: I’ll endure anything you wish. DAVUS: He’s your father, Pamphilus: it’s difficult.
(In context: The problem is “difficult” to resolve in part because Pamphilus’ father is “difficult” or obstinate.)
- (of character) obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage
- Synonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus
- Antonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns, facilis
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “difficilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “difficilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "difficilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- difficilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- difficilis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016