difficilis

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ facilis (“easy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.ki.lis/, [dɪfˈfɪ.kɪ.lɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfi.t͡ʃi.lis/, [difˈfiː.t͡ʃi.lis]

• Audio (Classical)

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Adjective

difficilis (neuter difficile); third declension

1. difficult, troublesome
2. (of character) obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage

Inflection

Third declension.

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	difficilia
ablative	difficilī			difficilibus
vocative	difficilis	difficile		difficilēs	difficilia

• comparative: difficilior, superlative: difficillimus

Antonyms

• (difficult): facilis

Derived terms

Terms derived from difficilis

• difficilē
• difficiliter

• difficilius
• difficillimus

• difficultās
• difficulter

• praedifficilis

Descendants

• Catalan: difícil
• French: difficile

• Galician: difícil
• Italian: difficile

• Portuguese: difícil
• 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “difficilis”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “difficilis” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• difficilis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016