difficilis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dwisfakelis. Equivalent to dis- + facilis (“easy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /difˈfi.ki.lis/, [d̪ɪfˈfɪkɪlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.lis/, [d̪ifˈfiːt͡ʃilis]
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Adjective
difficilis (neuter difficile, comparative difficilior, superlative difficillimus, adverb difficilē or difficiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- difficult, hard, troublesome
- Antonyms: facilis, prōmptus
- (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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | difficilis | difficile | difficilēs | difficilia | |
| Genitive | difficilis | difficilium | |||
| Dative | difficilī | difficilibus | |||
| Accusative | difficilem | difficile | difficilēs difficilīs | difficilia | |
| Ablative | difficilī | difficilibus | |||
| Vocative | difficilis | difficile | difficilēs | difficilia | |
Derived terms
- difficilē
- difficiliter
- difficilius
- difficillimus
- difficultās
- difficulter
- praedifficilis
Descendants
- Catalan: difícil
- Galician: difícil
- Italian: difficile
- Occitan: dificil
- Old French: difficile
- English: difficile (obsolete)
- French: difficile
- Piedmontese: dificil
- Portuguese: difícil
- Romanian: dificil
- Spanish: difícil
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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016