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

1. difficult, hard, troublesome

   Antonyms: facilis, prōmptus

2. (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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016