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  • 1 difficultas

    difficulty, need, trouble, distress.

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  • 2 mōlēs

        mōlēs is, f    [1 MAC-], a shapeless mass, huge bulk, weight, pile, load: rudis indigestaque, O.: ingenti mole Chimaera, V.: taurus ipsā mole piger, Iu.: tantas moles tollere, seas, V.: in mole sedens, cliff, O.: magna unius exercitus, L.: Nemeaea, i. e. the lion, O.— A massive structure, pile, dam, pier, mole, foundation: moles atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris iaciebat, Cs.: moles oppositae fluctibus: exstructa moles opere magnifico, monument: insanae substructionum moles, enormous piles: molem aggeris ultra venire, Iu.— A battering-ram, munitions of war: oppugnat molibus urbem, V.: belli, Ta.—Fig., greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity: pugnae, L.: curarum, Ta.: mali: Vis consili expers mole ruit suā, H.: densā ad muros mole feruntur, a vast throng, V.: ingens rerum, fabric, O.— Difficulty, labor, trouble: transveham naves haud magnā mole, without great difficulty, L.: Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem, so much labor did it cost, V.: quantā mole parentur Insidiae, O.
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    mass (huge); bulk; monster; massive structure; difficulty, trouble, danger

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  • 3 difficilis

    dif-fĭcĭlis, e (old form difficul, like facul, famul, simul, etc., Varr. ap. Non. 111, 25), adj. [facilis; hence, far from easy to do, to accomplish, to bear, etc.; v. facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quom invitus facias,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf. Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20; and:

    sacrorum diligentiam difficilem, apparatum perfacilem esse voluit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14 Mos.:

    quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27, fin.:

    quam graves, quam difficiles plerisque videntur calamitatum societates!

    Cic. Lael. 17 fin.:

    res arduae ac difficiles,

    id. Inv. 2, 54, 163; cf. id. Or. 10; id. Tusc. 3, 34 fin.; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 28:

    contortae res et difficiles,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58 fin.:

    quam scopuloso difficilique in loco verser,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35; cf.:

    in locos difficiles abire,

    Sall. J. 87 fin. Kritz.:

    iter angustum et difficile,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6; id. B. C. 1, 65, 3:

    valles,

    id. ib. 1, 68, 2:

    difficili et arduo ascensu,

    id. ib. 3, 34; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

    difficilis atque impedita palus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    transitus,

    id. ib. 6, 7, 5:

    aditus,

    id. ib. 7, 36; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56:

    tempus anni difficillimum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5:

    difficili rei publicae tempore,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 21:

    difficillimo reip. tempore,

    id. Phil. 5, 13, 36; cf. id. Caecin. 4, 11:

    difficilioribus usi tempestatibus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15, 4:

    partus,

    Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 22:

    urina,

    id. 23, 9, 83, § 165:

    venter,

    id. 22, 13, 15, §

    33 et saep.: (Macer et Lucretius) alter humilis, alter difficilis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 87 Frotsch.:

    nimium difficile est reperiri amicum,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 20;

    so with a subjectclause,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 6; Lucr. 1, 138; Cic. Lael. 6, 22; 8, 26; 10, 33 et saep.; Caes. B. G. 1, 14, 2; 7, 58, 2; id. B. C. 1, 50 fin. et saep.; cf.:

    difficile ad fidem est in tam antiqua re, quot pugnaverint ceciderintve exacto affirmare numero,

    Liv. 3, 5, 12:

    difficile est longum subito deponere amorem,

    Cat. 77, 13.—Prov.:

    difficile est, crimen non prodere vultu,

    Ov. M. 2, 447:

    difficile est, tristi fingere mente jocum,

    Tib. 3, 7, 2:

    (rebus) difficilibus ad eloquendum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126:

    ad percipiendum,

    Quint. 8 prooem. § 4.—With supin.:

    difficile factu est,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 43; so,

    factu,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 71; id. N. D. 3, 1; id. Univ. 11:

    dictu,

    id. Lael. 3, 12; 7, 23; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

    aditu (locus),

    Sall. J. 91 fin. Kritz.—With dat.:

    fructus difficilis concoctioni,

    Plin. 23, 8, 79, § 151.—With gerund.:

    in difficili esse,

    Liv. 3, 65, 11; cf.:

    in facili esse,

    id. 3, 8, 9; so,

    in difficili rem esse,

    Cels. 5, 26 fin.:

    ille casus in difficili est, si, etc.,

    Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 15.
    II.
    In partic., of character, hard to manage or to please, obstinate, captious, morose, surly:

    difficiles ac morosi,

    Cic. Or. 29 fin.; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 61; Att. ap. Non. 407, 25; Hor. S. 2, 5, 90; id. A. P. 173:

    senex,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

    moderati nec difficiles nec inhumani senes,

    Cic. de Sen. 3, 7:

    sunt morosi et anxii et iracundi et difficiles senes,

    id. ib. 18, 65:

    avunculus difficillimā naturā,

    Nep. Att. 5; cf.:

    difficili bile tumet jecur,

    Hor. C. 1, 13, 4: parens in liberos difficilis, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 72:

    Penelopen difficilem procis,

    Hor. C. 3, 10, 11:

    vocanti,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 32:

    Gradivo,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 566:

    precibus,

    id. P. 2, 2, 20.— Trop.:

    terrae,

    intractable, Verg. G. 2, 179. —Prov.:

    difficilem oportet aurem habere ad crimina,

    deaf, inaccessible, Pub. Syr. 133 (Rib.).— Adv., in three forms (but the use of the adv. is mostly avoided by the best authors, difficile est taking its place, v. supra).
    (α).
    diffĭcĭlē, with difficulty (perh. not ante-Aug.), Vell. 2, 63, 3; Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 62; 27, 12, 94, § 120; Suet. Gramm. 11; Just. 27, 3, 2; Pall. Jan. 7; Tert. Apol. 48.—
    (β).
    diffĭculter, with difficulty (the usual form), Caes. B. C. 1, 62; Sall. C. 14, 5; Liv. 1, 52, 4; 42, 54, 3; Tac. A. 12, 35; Suet. Claud. 41; Quint. 1, 3, 3 al.—
    (γ).
    diffĭcĭl-ĭter, with difficulty (rare), Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49 and 50; Col. 5, 3, 1; 5, 7, 1; Lact. Mort. Pers. 9, 7.—
    b.
    Comp.:

    difficilius,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 58; Quint. 1, 12, 8; 11, 2, 28; Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56; Suet. Caes. 29; id. Ner. 43 al.—
    c.
    Sup.:

    difficillime,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 64; Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139; 19, 7, 35, § 117 al.

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  • 4 aegrē

        aegrē adv. with comp. aegrius, and sup. aegerrimē    [aeger], painfully, distressingly: audire, T.: aegrest, it is annoying, T.: ferre, to feel distress.— With difficulty, hardly, scarcely: divelli: bellum sumi facile, aegerrime desinere, S.—With grief, reluctantly, unwillingly: carere, to suffer for want of: haud aegre pati, without impatience, L.: habere (with acc. and inf.), L.
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    aegrius, aegerrime ADV
    scarcely, with difficulty, painfully, hardly; reluctantly, uncomfortably

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  • 5 asperitās

        asperitās ātis, f    [asper], unevenness, roughness: viarum: locorum, S.: omnis asperitates supervadere, the obstacles, S.: soni, harshness, Ta.: frigorum, severity, Ta.—Fig., roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, coarseness: naturae: avunculi, N.: verborum, O.: asperitatis corrector, H. — Coarseness, roughness, austerity: (Stoicorum): agrestis, H. — Adversity, difficulty: asperitates rerum: belli, S.—Harshness, rudeness: contentionis: verborum, O.
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    roughness; severity; difficulty; harshness; shrillness, sharpness; fierceness

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  • 6 difficultās

        difficultās ātis （ gen plur. -tātium, L.), f    [difficilis], difficulty, trouble, distress, poverty, want, embarrassment: discendi: navigandi, Cs.: faciundi pontis, Cs.: loci, S.: vecturae: summa navium: rei frumentariae, Cs.: nummaria, scarcity of money: domestica, distressed circumstances: in agendo: res ad receptum difficultatem adferebat, Cs.: ad consilium capiendum, Cs.: contra tantas difficultates providere, S.: erat in magnis Caesaris difficultatibus res, ne, etc., Cs. — Obstinacy, captiousness, moroseness: difficultatem exsorbuit.
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    difficulty; trouble; hardship; intractability; obstinacy

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  • 7 difficulter

        difficulter adv.    [difficilis], with difficulty, hardly: fiebat, Cs.: haud difficulter persuasum Latinis, L.; see difficiliter.
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    with difficulty; hardly

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  • 8 facile

        facile adv. with comp. and sup.    [facilis], easily, with ease, readily, without difficulty: recta consilia aegrotis dare, T.: haec facile ediscere?: quo facilius otio perfruantur: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Cs.: facillime fingi: facillime mederi inopiae, Cs.—With superlatives or words of superiority, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far: facile hic plus malist, quam illic boni, T.: doctissimus: pecuniā primus: fortuitam orationem cogitatio facile vincit.—With numerals, quite, fully: hereditas facile ad HS tricies.—With a negative, not easily, hardly: non facile dixerim, quicquam, etc.: haud facile ad negotium inpelli posse, S.: haud facile lubidinibus carebat, S.— Readily, willingly, promptly, without hesitation: omnes perferre, T.: homo laborans: unguibus facile illi in oculos involem, T.: locus, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae. — Pleasantly, agreeably, well: cogites, Quam vos facillume agitis, T.: copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci, safely, Cs.
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    facilius, facillime ADV
    easily, readily, without difficulty; generally, often; willingly; heedlessly

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  • 9 facilis

        facilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [2 FAC-], easy to do, easy, without difficulty: res (opp. difficilis), T.: facilia ex difficillimis redigere, Cs.: causa: cursus: aditus, Cs.: somnus, easy to obtain, H.: saevitia, easily overcome, H.: aurae, gentle, O.: iactura, light, V.: cera, yielding, O.: victus, copious, V.: cursus ad deos facilior: quod ei fuit facillimum: materies facilis ad exardescendum: haec ad iudicandum sunt facillima: faciles ad receptum angustiae, L.: crepido haud facilior in ascensum, L.: cuivis facile scitu est, T.: (Cyclops) Nec visu facilis, V.: nihil est dictu facilius, T.: factu facillimum, S.: materia facilis est, in te dicta dicere: facilis vincere ac vinci voltu eodem, L.: quod illis prohibere erat facile, Cs.: Quīs facile est aedem conducere, Iu.: terra pecori, suitable, V.: campus operi, L.: divisui (Macedonia), L.: homines bello, Ta.—In adverb. phrases: cum exitūs haud in facili essent, not easy, L.: ex facili tolerantibus, Ta. — Of persons, ready, quick: ad dicendum: fore facilem victu per saecula gentem, lead a happy life, V.: homines in bella, Ta.: amori, Tb.: aurem praebere puellae, Pr.— Easy, goodnatured, accessible, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable: pater: facilem votis ut praebeat aurem, H.. auris, Iu.: mores facillimae: amicitiā, S.: sermone, Ta.: in rebus cognoscendis: in suum cuique tribuendo: ad concedendum: in tua vota di, O.: impetrandae veniae, L. — Favorable, prosperous: res et fortunae faciliores: vestrae res, L.— Easily moving, quick, nimble: oculi, V.: manūs, O.
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    facile, facilior -or -us, facillimus -a -um ADJ
    easy, easy to do, without difficulty, ready, quick, good natured, courteous

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  • 10 gravātē

        gravātē adv.    [gravatus], with difficulty, reluctantly, unwillingly, grudgingly: non gravate respondere: ille primo: concedere, L.
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    gravatius, gravatissime ADV
    grudgingly; reluctantly, unwillingly; with difficulty

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  • 11 vix

        vix adv.    [1 VIC-], with difficulty, with much ado, hardly, scarcely, barely: quae vix aut ne vix quidem adpareant: profluens amnis aut vix aut nullo modo: vix sum compos animi, T.: vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur: ex hominum milibus LX vir ad D sese redactos esse dixerunt, to scarcely five hundred, Cs.: ego vix teneor, quin accurram. —Of time, hardly, scarcely, just: Adsum atque advenio Acherunte vix viā altā atque arduā: ah! Vix tandem sensi stolidus! T.—Of immediate sequence, with cum: vix agmen novissimum extra munitiones processerat, cum Galli, etc., Cs.: vix erat hoc plane imperatum, cum illum... videres: Vix ea fatus erat, cum, etc., V.—With et or -que (poet.): Vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artūs, Et superincumbens... proiecit, etc., V.: Vix ea fatus erat, subitoque fragore Intonuit, V.—With ellips. of cum: Vix proram attigerat: rumpit Saturnia funem, V.: Unam promorat vix pedem Ruina camarae, etc., Ph.
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    hardly, scarcely, barely, only just; with difficulty, not easily; reluctantly

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  • 12 angustia

    angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

    but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
    I.
    Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
    A.
    Of places:

    Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

    loci,

    id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

    angustiae locorum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

    angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

    id. 34, 46:

    itinerum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

    per angustias Hellesponti,

    Suet. Caes. 63:

    vicorum,

    id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
    B.
    Of other things:

    spiritūs,

    shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

    urinae,

    strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

    Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

    edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

    in angustiā temporum,

    Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
    B.
    Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

    pecuniae publicae,

    id. Fam. 12, 30:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    stipendii,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

    Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

    ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

    Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    paternae,

    Tac. A. 1, 75.—
    C.
    Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

    in summas angustias adduci,

    Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    cum in his angustiis res esset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

    vereri angustias,

    Cic. Planc. 22:

    angustiae petitionis,

    i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

    tenent me angustiae,

    ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
    D.
    Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

    Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
    E.
    Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

    me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

    into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

    cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
    F.
    Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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  • 13 angustiae

    angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

    but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
    I.
    Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
    A.
    Of places:

    Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

    loci,

    id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

    angustiae locorum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

    angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

    id. 34, 46:

    itinerum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

    per angustias Hellesponti,

    Suet. Caes. 63:

    vicorum,

    id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
    B.
    Of other things:

    spiritūs,

    shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

    urinae,

    strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

    Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

    edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

    in angustiā temporum,

    Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
    B.
    Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

    pecuniae publicae,

    id. Fam. 12, 30:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    stipendii,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

    Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

    ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

    Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    paternae,

    Tac. A. 1, 75.—
    C.
    Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

    in summas angustias adduci,

    Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    cum in his angustiis res esset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

    vereri angustias,

    Cic. Planc. 22:

    angustiae petitionis,

    i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

    tenent me angustiae,

    ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
    D.
    Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

    Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
    E.
    Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

    me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

    into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

    cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
    F.
    Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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  • 14 facilis

    făcĭlis, e, adj. (archaic forms nom. sing. facil, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53; adv. facul, like difficul, simul; v. under adv. 2, and cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 87 Müll.), [facio, properly, that may be done or made; hence, pregn.], easy to do, easy, without difficulty.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Prop., constr. absol., with ad (and the gerund), the supine, inf., ut, and the dat.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    nulla est tam facilis res, quin difficilis siet, quam invitus facias,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1; cf.:

    facilis et plana via (opp. difficilis),

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 20:

    quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.; cf.

    also: mihi in causa facili atque explicata perdifficilis et lubrica defensionis ratio proponitur,

    Cic. Planc. 2, 5:

    justa res et facilis,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 33:

    facilis et prompta defensio,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf.:

    facilis et expedita distinctio,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    facilia, proclivia, jucunda,

    id. Part. Or. 27, 95; cf.:

    proclivi cursu et facili delabi,

    id. Rep. 1, 28:

    ascensus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21:

    aditus,

    id. ib. 3, 25 fin.;

    descensus Averno,

    Verg. A. 6, 126; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41; cf.:

    celerem et facilem exitum habere,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.:

    lutum,

    easy to work, Tib. 1, 1, 40:

    fagus,

    Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 229:

    humus,

    easy to cultivate, mellow, Curt. 4, 6, 5:

    arcus,

    Val. Fl. 1, 109:

    jugum,

    easy to climb, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 4:

    somnus,

    easy to obtain, Hor. C. 2, 11, 8; 3, 21, 4:

    irae,

    easily excited, Luc. 1, 173:

    saevitia,

    easily overcome, Hor. C. 2, 12, 26 et saep.:

    aurae,

    gentle, Ov. H. 16, 123:

    jactura,

    easily borne, Verg. A. 2, 646:

    cera,

    easily shaped, Ov. M. 15, 169:

    victus,

    copious, Verg. G. 2, 460.— Comp.:

    iter multo facilius atque expeditius,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6, 2:

    cui censemus cursum ad deos faciliorem fuisse quam Scipioni?

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    faciliore et commodiore judicio,

    id. Caecin. 3, 8.— Sup.:

    quod est facillimum, facis,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 4; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 3:

    concordia,

    id. ib. 1, 32:

    hujus summae virtutis facillima est via,

    Quint. 8, 3, 71:

    in quibus (ceris) facillima est ratio delendi,

    id. 10, 3, 31 et saep.—
    (β).
    With ad and the gerund:

    nulla materies tam facilis ad exardescendum est,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    ad subigendum,

    id. Rep. 2, 41:

    ad credendum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

    palmae ad scandendum,

    Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.— Comp.:

    faciliora ad intelligendum,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8.— Sup.:

    haec ad judicandum sunt facillima,

    Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30; id. Fin. 2, 20.—
    (γ).
    With ad and subst.:

    faciles ad receptum angustiae,

    Liv. 32, 12, 3:

    mens ad pejora,

    Quint. 1, 2, 4:

    credulitas feminarum ad gaudia,

    Tac. A. 14, 4.— Comp.:

    mediocritas praeceptoris ad intellectum atque imitationem facilior,

    Quint. 2, 3, 1.—
    (δ).
    With supine:

    facile inventust,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 53:

    res factu facilis,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 26:

    cuivis facile scitu est,

    id. Hec. 3, 1, 15:

    facilis victu gens,

    abounding in resources, Verg. A. 1, 445 Wagn.:

    (Cyclops) nec visu facilis nec dictu affabilis ulli,

    id. ib. 3, 621; cf.:

    sapiens facilis victu fuit,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 11.— Comp.:

    nihil est dictu facilius,

    Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 70.— Sup.:

    factu facillimum,

    Sall. C. 14, 1.—
    (ε).
    With inf.:

    materia facilis est, in te et in tuos dicta dicere,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 17, 42:

    facilis vincere ac vinci vultu eodem,

    Liv. 7, 33, 2:

    facilis corrumpi,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    Roma capi facilis,

    Luc. 2, 656.—So esp. freq. in the neuter, facile est, with a subject-clause:

    id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

    quod illis prohibere erat facile,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 50, 2:

    neque erat facile nostris, uno tempore propugnare et munire,

    id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Quint. 6, 4, 20:

    nec origines persequi facile est,

    Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 46:

    quīs facile est aedem conducere,

    Juv. 3, 31; 4, 103.— Comp.:

    plerumque facilius est plus facere quam idem,

    Quint. 10, 2, 10; 12, 6, 7.— Sup.:

    stulta reprehendere facillimum est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 71; 11, 1, 81.—
    (ζ).
    With ut:

    facilius est, ut esse aliquis successor tuus possit, quam ut velit,

    Plin. Pan. 44, 3; 87, 5; cf. with quod: facile est quod habeant conservam in villa, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6.—
    (η).
    With dat.:

    terra facilis pecori,

    i.e. suitable, proper, Verg. G. 2, 223; cf.:

    campus operi,

    Liv. 33, 17, 8:

    facilis divisui (Macedonia),

    id. 45, 30, 2:

    neque Thraces commercio faciles erant,

    Liv. 40, 58, 1:

    homines bello faciles,

    Tac. Agr. 21:

    juvenis inanibus,

    easily susceptible, open to, id. A. 2, 27; cf.:

    facilis capessendis inimicitiis,

    id. ib. 5, 11. —
    (θ).
    With gen. ( poet.):

    Hispania frugum facilis,

    fertile in, Claud. Laud. Seren. 54.—
    b.
    Adverbially, in facili, ex (e) facili, and rarely, de facili, easily:

    cum exitus haud in facili essent,

    not easy, Liv. 3, 8, 9 Drak.:

    in facili,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 7: Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 274; Dig. 26, 3, 8:

    ita adducendum, ut ex facili subsequatur,

    easily, Cels. 7, 9 med.:

    ex facili tolerantibus,

    Tac. Agr. 15 init.: ex facili, Cel. 6, 1, 1; Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 60;

    for which: e facili,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 356: de facili ab iis superabuntur, Firm. Math. 5, 6.—
    B.
    Transf.
    a.
    Of persons that do any thing with facility, ready, quick. — Constr. with ad, in, and simple abl.:

    facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 180:

    sermone Graeco promptus et facilis,

    Suet. Tib. 71; cf.:

    promptus et facillis ad extemporalitatem usque,

    id. Tit. 3:

    faciles in excogitando et ad discendum prompti,

    Quint. 1, 1, 1:

    exiguo faciles,

    content, Sil. 1, 615.—
    b.
    Of things, easily moving:

    oculi,

    Verg. A. 8, 310:

    manus,

    Ov. F. 3, 536:

    cervix,

    Mart. Spect. 23:

    canes, i. e. agiles,

    Nemes. Cyneg. 50.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Of character, easy, good-natured, compliant, willing, yielding, courteous, affable:

    facilis benevolusque,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

    comes, benigni, faciles, suaves homines esse dicuntur,

    Cic. Balb. 16, 36:

    facilis et liberalis pater,

    id. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    lenis et facilis,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 9:

    facilis et clemens,

    Suet. Aug. 67:

    facilem populum habere,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4:

    facilem stillare in aurem,

    Juv. 3, 122:

    di,

    id. 10, 8. —With in and abl.:

    facilem se in rebus cognoscendis praebere,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; cf.:

    facilis in causis recipiendis,

    id. Brut. 57, 207:

    faciles in suum cuique tribuendo,

    id. ib. 21, 85:

    faciles ad concedendum,

    id. Div. 2, 52, 107.—With in and acc.:

    sic habeas faciles in tua vota deos,

    Ov. H. 16, 282.—With inf.:

    faciles aurem praebere,

    Prop. 2, 21, 15 (3, 14, 5 M.):

    O faciles dare summa deos,

    Luc. 1, 505.—With gen.:

    facilis impetrandae veniae,

    Liv. 26, 15, 1:

    alloquii facilis (al. alloquiis),

    Val. Fl. 5, 407.— Absol.:

    comi facilique naturā,

    Suet. Gramm. 7:

    facili ac prodigo animo,

    id. Vit. 7.— Comp.:

    facilior aut indulgentior,

    Suet. Vesp. 21; Quint. 7, 1, 27; Flor. 4, 11, 2.— Sup.:

    quid dicam de moribus facillimis,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11.—
    B.
    Of fortune, favorable, prosperous:

    res et fortunae tuae... quotidie faciliores mihi et meliores videntur,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 5, 1; Liv. 23, 11, 2.— Adv. in four forms: facile, facul, faculter, and faciliter.
    1.
    făcĭlĕ (the class. form).
    (α).
    easily, without trouble or difficulty:

    facile cum valemus recta consilia aegrotis damus,

    Ter. And. 2, 1, 9:

    quis haec non vel facile vel certe aliquo modo posset ediscere?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

    vitia in contraria convertuntur,

    id. Rep. 1, 45.— Comp.:

    cave putes, aut mare ullum aut flammam esse tantam, quam non facilius sit sedare quam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 42 fin.:

    quo facilius otio perfruantur,

    id. ib. 1, 5: id hoc facilius eis persuasit, quod, etc., Caes, B. G. 1, 2, 3.— Sup.:

    ut optimi cujusque animus in morte facillime evolet tamquam e custodia,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 14:

    facillime fingi,

    id. Cael. 9, 22:

    facillime decidit,

    id. Rep. 2, 23:

    mederi inopiae frumentariae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 24, 6 et saep.—
    (β).
    To add intensity to an expression which already signifies a high degree, certainly, unquestionably, without contradiction, beyond dispute, by far, far (often in Cic.;

    elsewh. rare): virum unum totius Graeciae facile doctissimum,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 23:

    facile deterrimus,

    id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    genere et nobilitate et pecunia facile primus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf.:

    virtute, existimatione, nobilitate facile princeps,

    id. Clu. 5, 11:

    facile princeps,

    id. Div. 2, 42, 87; id. Fam. 6, 10, 2; id. Univ. 1; Flor. 3, 14, 1:

    facile praecipuus,

    Quint. 10, 1, 68:

    facile hic plus mali est, quam illic boni,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 5: Pe. Sed tu novistin' fidicinam? Fi. Tam facile quam me, as well as I do myself, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 68.—With verbs that denote superiority (vincere, superare, etc.):

    post illum (Herodotum) Thucydides omnes dicendi artificio, mea sententia, facile vicit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; cf. id. Off. 2, 19, 59; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.

    also: stellarum globi terrae magnitudinem facile vincebant,

    id. ib. 6, 16 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    Sisenna omnes adhuc nostros scriptores facile superavit,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 11, 43:

    facile palmam habes!

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 80.— In naming a large amount, quite, fully:

    huic hereditas facile ad HS. tricies venit testamento propinqui sui,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 35.—
    (γ).
    With a negative, non facile or haud facile, to add intensity, not easily, i.e. hardly:

    mira accuratio, ut non facile in ullo diligentiorem majoremque cognoverim,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 238:

    sed haud facile dixerim, cur, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 3 fin.; cf.:

    de iis haud facile compertum narraverim,

    Sall. J. 17, 2:

    animus imbutus malis artibus haud facile libidinibus carebat,

    id. C. 13, 5. —
    b.
    Readily, willingly, without hesitation:

    facile omnes perferre ac pati,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 35; cf.:

    te de aeternitate dicentem aberrare a proposito facile patiebar,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:

    disertus homo et facile laborans,

    id. Off. 2, 19, 66:

    ego unguibus facile illi in oculos involem,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 6.— Comp.:

    locum habeo nullum, ubi facilius esse possim quam Asturae,

    Cic. Att. 13, 26, 2.—
    c.
    (Acc. to facilis, II. B.) Pleasantly, agreeably, well:

    propter eas (nugas) vivo facilius,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 6:

    cum animo cogites, Quam vos facillime agitis, quam estis maxume Potentes, dites, fortunati, nobiles,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 56:

    facillime agitare,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. 1:

    ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

    not safely, Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7.—
    2.
    făcul (anteclass.), easily: nobilitate facul propellere iniquos, Lucil. ap. Non. 111, 19; Pac. ib. 21:

    haud facul, ut ait Pacuvius, femina una invenietur bona,

    Afran. ib. 22:

    advorsam ferre fortunam facul,

    Att. ib. 24.—
    3.
    ‡ făculter, acc. to the statement of Paul. ex Fest. p. 87, 1 Müll.; cf. Mart. Cap. 3, § 325. —
    4.
    făcĭlĭter (post-Aug.; predominating in Vitruvius; censured by Quint. 1, 6, 17), easily:

    ferrum percalefactum faciliter fabricatur,

    Vitr. 1, 4, 3 et saep.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 325.

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  • 15 moles

    mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

    Ov. M. 1, 7:

    vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

    Verg. A. 3, 656:

    taurus et ipsa mole piger,

    Juv. 12, 12:

    stetit aequore moles Pinea,

    i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

    in mole sedens,

    Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—
    2.
    A mass or pile of waves:

    venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

    Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—
    3.
    A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

    molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

    a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    moles propinqua nubibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

    insanae substructionum moles,

    huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

    sepulcri moles,

    i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

    molem aggeris ultra venire,

    Juv. 16, 26.—
    4.
    A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

    velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

    Verg. A. 5, 439.—
    5.
    Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

    belli,

    Tac. H. 1, 61:

    non alias majore mole concursum,

    with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

    moles pugnae,

    Liv. 26, 6:

    molem invidiae austinere,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

    moles mali,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

    rerum,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 15, 52:

    Herculea,

    Sil. 12, 143:

    densā ad muros mole feruntur,

    a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

    curarum,

    multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

    tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

    Liv. 38, 46, 4.—
    B.
    Difficulty, labor, trouble:

    transveham naves haud magnā mole,

    without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

    tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

    so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

    Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

    Tac. A. 13, 35.

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  • 16 molestus

    mŏlestus, a, um, adj. [moles], troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying (class.; cf.

    importunus): abscede hinc, molestus ne sis!

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 63:

    provincia,

    Cic. Mur. 8, 18:

    operosus ac molestus labor,

    id. N. D. 2, 23, 39:

    alicui odiosum et molestum esse,

    id. Sen. 14, 47:

    tu autem, nisi molestum est, paulisper exsurge,

    if it will not incommode you, id. Clu. 60, 168:

    nihil erit his laboriosius molestiusque provinciae?

    id. Leg. 3, 8, 19:

    arrogantia ingenii atque eloquentiae est multo molestissima,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 36: tunica, a dress of pitch, in which a malefactor was burned (tunicam alimentis ignium et illitam et intextam, Sen. Ep. 14, 5), Juv. 8, 235; Mart. 10, 25, 5.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, labored, affected:

    simplex in agendo veritas non molesta,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 116:

    verba,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 464:

    pronuntiatio gesticulationibus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 183:

    dialectos,

    Suet. Tib. 56.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    That is done with difficulty, difficult (post-class.):

    molesta separatio,

    Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14.—
    * B.
    Dangerous, injurious:

    otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est,

    Cat. 51, 12.—Hence, adv.: mŏlestē.
    1.
    With trouble or difficulty (class.):

    moleste fero,

    I take it ill, it vexes, annoys me, Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

    molestissime fero, quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

    molestius ferre,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

    fero,

    I lament, Sen. Ep. 67, 13.—
    2.
    In a troublesome or offensive manner; of speech, in a labored manner, affectedly:

    mimice ac moleste,

    Cat. 42, 8: scribere, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

    moleste uti distinctionibus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 181.

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  • 17 angustē

        angustē adv. with comp. and sup.    [angustus], narrowly, within a narrow space, closely: sedere, in close quarters: angustius se habere: angustissime Pompeium continere, Cs. — Fig., concisely: scribere.—Meton., pinchingly, stintingly: re frumentariā uti, Cs.: frumentum angustius provenerat, i. e. more sparingly, Cs.— With difficulty: xx milia transportare, Cs.
    * * *
    angustius, angustissime ADV
    closely, in close quarters/narrow limits, cramped, crowded; sparingly, scantily

    Latin-English dictionary > angustē

  • 18 angustia

        angustia ae （sing. very rare), and angustiae, ārum, f    [angustus], narrowness, straitness: itineris, Cs.: loci, S. — Meton., a narrow place, narrow part, neck, defile, strait: Graeciae: angustiae saltibus inclusae, pass, L.—Of time, shortness. ut me temporis angustiae coegerunt: angustiae quas natura nobis dedit (sc. temporis). — Fig., scarcity, want, poverty: aerarii; pecuniae publicae: rei frumentariae, Cs.: pro angustiā rerum, Ta.: ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem.— Difficulty, distress, perplexity: in angustias adduci: cum in his angustiis res esset, Cs.: petitionis.— Narrowness, meanness: pectoris tui: orationem in angustias compellere, narrowness of view: verborum, verbal trifling.—Of style, brevity, succinctness: angustia conclusae orationis.
    * * *
    narrow passage/place/space (pl.), defile; strait, pass; difficulties; meanness

    Latin-English dictionary > angustia

  • 19 angustum

        angustum ī, n    [angustus], a narrow place: viarum, V.: res adducta in angustum, brought into narrow limits.—Fig., a critical condition, embarrassment, difficulty, danger: rem esse in angusto vidit, Cs.: in angustum venire.
    * * *
    small/confined/narrow space/place/passage, strait, channel; crisis, extremities

    Latin-English dictionary > angustum

  • 20 anhēlitus

        anhēlitus ūs, m    [anhelo], a difficulty of breathing, panting, puffing, deep breathing: a lasso ore, O.: vini, drunken reviling: sublimis, H.: aeger, V.—Meton., an exhalation, vapor: terrae.
    * * *
    panting, puffing, gasping, shortness of breath; breath, exhalation; bad breath

    Latin-English dictionary > anhēlitus

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