difficilis

Latin

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -ilis

Latin facilis

Latin difficilis

From dis- + facilis (“easy”).

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.)
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.6:
  […] : ūnum per Sēquanōs, angustum et difficile inter mōntem Iūram et flūmen Rhodanum, vix quā singulī carrī dūcerentur; […] .
  [They had two possible routes]: one through the Sequani, a narrow and difficult [passage] between Mount Jura and the Rhone River, where single carts could scarcely be led; […] .
(of character) obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage
Synonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus

Antonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns, facilis

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	difficilis	difficile	difficilēs	difficilia
genitive	difficilis		difficilium
dative	difficilī		difficilibus
accusative	difficilem	difficile	difficilīs difficilēs	difficilia
ablative	difficilī		difficilibus
vocative	difficilis	difficile	difficilēs	difficilia

“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, 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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016