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  • 1 difficilis

    difficult, hard, troublesome.

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  • 2 angustum

    angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

    opp. latus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]
    I.
    Lit.:

    fretus,

    Lucr. 1, 720:

    Angustum per iter,

    id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

    pontes angusti,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

    domus,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    fauces portūs angustissimae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    fines,

    id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

    cellae,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

    rima,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

    on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

    porta,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

    per angustum,

    Lucr. 4, 530:

    angusta viarum,

    Verg. A. 2, 332:

    pontes et viarum angusta,

    Tac. H. 4, 35.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

    ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17:

    amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

    id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

    perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

    spiritus,

    short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

    odor rosae,

    not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
    C.
    Of time, short, brief:

    angustus dies,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

    nox,

    Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

    tempus,

    Luc. 4, 447.—
    D.
    Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

    pauperies,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

    res angusta domi,

    Juv. 3, 164:

    mensa,

    Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
    E.
    Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

    cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

    was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

    res est in angusto,

    the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    spes est in angusto,

    hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
    F.
    Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

    nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    animi angusti et demissi,

    id. Pis. 24, 57:

    ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
    G.
    Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

    minutae angustaeque concertationes,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

    pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    H.
    Of discourse, brief, simple:

    et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

    Cic. Or. 56, 187:

    Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

    i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.
    I.
    Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

    anguste putare vitem,

    to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

    anguste aliquid deputare,

    id. 4, 22, 3:

    quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

    in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

    tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

    scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

    angustius pabulabantur,

    within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

    aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

    quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

    Tac. A. 4, 4:

    eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

    more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

    Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    furunculus angustissime praecisus,

    Col. 4, 24, 17. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., within narrow limits:

    anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

    Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

    Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

    seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
    B.
    Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

    anguste et exiliter dicere,

    id. Brut. 84, 289:

    anguste disserere,

    id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

    presse et anguste rem definire,

    id. Or. 33, 117:

    anguste materiem terminare,

    Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

    Pergit idem et urget angustius,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    concludere brevius angustiusque,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

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  • 3 angustus

    angustus, a, um. adj. [v. ango], narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus;

    opp. latus,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92). [p. 120]
    I.
    Lit.:

    fretus,

    Lucr. 1, 720:

    Angustum per iter,

    id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5:

    pontes angusti,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 17:

    domus,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    fauces portūs angustissimae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    fines,

    id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:

    cellae,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 8:

    rima,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 29:

    Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis,

    on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense:

    porta,

    Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness:

    per angustum,

    Lucr. 4, 530:

    angusta viarum,

    Verg. A. 2, 332:

    pontes et viarum angusta,

    Tac. H. 4, 35.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.:

    ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17:

    amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc.,

    id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate:

    perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus:

    spiritus,

    short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61:

    odor rosae,

    not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
    C.
    Of time, short, brief:

    angustus dies,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442:

    nox,

    Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25:

    tempus,

    Luc. 4, 447.—
    D.
    Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy:

    pauperies,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 1:

    res angusta domi,

    Juv. 3, 164:

    mensa,

    Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
    E.
    Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain:

    rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 21:

    cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior,

    was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.— Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

    res est in angusto,

    the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    spes est in angusto,

    hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
    F.
    Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited:

    nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    animi angusti et demissi,

    id. Pis. 24, 57:

    ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc.,

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
    G.
    Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting:

    minutae angustaeque concertationes,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31:

    pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
    H.
    Of discourse, brief, simple:

    et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio,

    Cic. Or. 56, 187:

    Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus,

    i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.— Adv.: angustē.
    I.
    Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3:

    anguste putare vitem,

    to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so,

    anguste aliquid deputare,

    id. 4, 22, 3:

    quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur,

    in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16:

    tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix,

    scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.— Comp.:

    angustius pabulabantur,

    within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59:

    aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5:

    quanto sit angustius imperitatum,

    Tac. A. 4, 4:

    eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat,

    more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.— Sup.:

    Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 45:

    furunculus angustissime praecisus,

    Col. 4, 24, 17. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., within narrow limits:

    anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam,

    Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines chrêsimous appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16:

    Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc.,

    seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
    B.
    Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28:

    anguste et exiliter dicere,

    id. Brut. 84, 289:

    anguste disserere,

    id. Part. Or. 41, 139:

    presse et anguste rem definire,

    id. Or. 33, 117:

    anguste materiem terminare,

    Quint. 7, 4, 40.— Comp.:

    Pergit idem et urget angustius,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    concludere brevius angustiusque,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

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  • 4 arduum

    arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).
    I.
    Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    aether,

    Ov. M. 1, 151:

    sidera,

    id. ib. 1, 730:

    cedrus,

    id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

    cervix equi,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

    et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

    Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

    supercilia,

    i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

    confragosus atque arduus clivis,

    steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

    ascensus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

    arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

    Liv. 25, 13:

    ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

    id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

    mons,

    Ov. M. 1, 316:

    Tmolus,

    id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

    Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

    Lucr. 1, 659:

    in ardua montis Ite,

    Ov. M. 8, 692:

    ardua terrarum,

    Verg. A. 5, 695:

    per arduum scandere,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

    in arduo,

    Tac. A. 2, 47:

    in arduis ponet nidum suum,

    Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

    ardua Alpium,

    Tac. H. 4, 70:

    castellorum,

    id. A. 11, 9:

    ingressi sunt ardua,

    Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

    magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

    Cic. Or. 10, 33:

    rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

    id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

    id arduum factu erat,

    Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

    victoria,

    Ov. M. 14, 453:

    virtus,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

    nil mortalibus arduum est,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

    nec fuit in arduo societas,

    Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    B.
    Troublesome, unpleasant:

    in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

    Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

    quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

    Gell. 4, 15:

    quam arduum onus,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.—
    C.
    Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

    aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

    in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.
    ► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

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  • 5 arduus

    arduus, a, um, adj. [akin to ARDÔ, arsô = to water, to cherish; aldainô = to make grow; aldêeis = growing; alo, altus, q. v.; 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco; related to arbor, arbutus as eruthros, Germ. roth, Engl. red, is related to ruber; Ardea was perh. so called from its lofty situation; cf. Arduenna], high, elevated, lofty, steep (syn.: altus, celsus, sublimis).
    I.
    Lit.: Pergama ardua, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2:

    aether,

    Ov. M. 1, 151:

    sidera,

    id. ib. 1, 730:

    cedrus,

    id. Am. 1, 14, 12:

    cervix equi,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 89:

    et campo sese arduus infert (Turnus),

    Verg. A. 9, 53.—Also in prose in Gell.:

    supercilia,

    i. e. proudly elevated, Gell. 4, 1, 1:

    confragosus atque arduus clivis,

    steep, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 4:

    ascensus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23:

    arduus ac difficilis ascensus,

    Liv. 25, 13:

    ardua et aspera et confragosa via,

    id. 44. 3: via alta atque ardua, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

    mons,

    Ov. M. 1, 316:

    Tmolus,

    id. ib. 11, 150 al.—Hence, subst.: arduum, i, n., a steep place, a steep:

    Ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viaï,

    Lucr. 1, 659:

    in ardua montis Ite,

    Ov. M. 8, 692:

    ardua terrarum,

    Verg. A. 5, 695:

    per arduum scandere,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 21:

    in arduo,

    Tac. A. 2, 47:

    in arduis ponet nidum suum,

    Vulg. Job, 39, 27:

    ardua Alpium,

    Tac. H. 4, 70:

    castellorum,

    id. A. 11, 9:

    ingressi sunt ardua,

    Vulg. Jer. 4, 29. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    That is difficult to reach or attain, difficult, laborious, hard, arduous:

    magnum opus omnino et arduum conamur,

    Cic. Or. 10, 33:

    rerum arduarum ac difficilium perpessio,

    id. Inv. 2, 54; so id. Leg. 1, 13:

    id arduum factu erat,

    Liv. 8, 16; Tac. A. 4, 4:

    victoria,

    Ov. M. 14, 453:

    virtus,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 44:

    nil mortalibus arduum est,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 37.— Subst.:

    nec fuit in arduo societas,

    Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    B.
    Troublesome, unpleasant:

    in primis arduum videtur res gestas scribere,

    Sall. C. 3, 2, upon which Gellius remarks: Arduum Sallustius non pro difficili tantum, sed pro eo quoque ponit, quod Graeci chalepon appellant:

    quod est cum difficile tum molestum quoque et incommodum et intractabile,

    Gell. 4, 15:

    quam arduum onus,

    Tac. A. 1, 11.—
    C.
    Of fortune, difficult, adverse, inauspicious:

    aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem,

    in adversity, Hor. C. 2, 3, 1.
    ► Comp. arduior: iter longius arduiusque erat, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.— Sup. arduissimus: asperrimo atque arduissimo aditu, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 600 P.; cf.: assiduus, egregius, industrius, perpetuus, and Rudd. I. p. 180, n. 58.— Adv. not used.

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  • 6 impedio

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > impedio

  • 7 inpedio

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inpedio

  • 8 inpeditus

    impĕdĭo ( inp-), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (in tmesi:

    inque peditur, inque pediri, inque peditus, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 394; 3, 484; 4, 562; 1149), v. a. [in-pes; cf. compedes; lit., to entangle the feet; hence, in gen.], to entangle, ensnare, to shackle, hamper, hinder, hold fast (cf.: praepedio, implico, illigo, irretio, illaqueo).
    I.
    Lit. (rare):

    impediunt teneros vincula nulla pedes,

    Ov. F. 1, 410; cf.:

    et illis crura quoque impediit,

    id. M. 12, 392:

    ipsus illic sese jam impedivit in plagas,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 9, 11:

    in qua (silva) retentis impeditus (cervus) cornibus,

    Phaedr. 1, 12, 10:

    impedita cassibus dama,

    Mart. 3, 58, 28; cf.: reti impedit Pisces, ensnares, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 17; Veg. Vet. 1, 10.—
    B.
    Transf., in gen., to clasp, encircle, embrace (mostly poet.):

    narrare parantem Impedit amplexu,

    Ov. M. 2, 433:

    nunc decet aut viridi nitidum caput impedire myrto Aut flore,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 9:

    crines (vitta),

    Tib. 1, 6, 67; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 56:

    cornua sertis,

    id. M. 2, 868:

    remos (hederae),

    id. ib. 3, 664:

    medium crus pellibus,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 27:

    equos frenis,

    to bridle, Ov. F. 2, 736:

    ingentem clipeum informant... septenosque orbibus orbes Impediunt,

    surround, encircle each other, Verg. A. 8, 447:

    orbes orbibus,

    id. ib. 5, 585:

    plana novo munimenti genere (with saepire),

    Curt. 6, 5; cf.:

    Antiochus, castris positis, munitionibus insuper saltum impediebat,

    rendered difficult of access, Liv. 36, 16, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To entangle, embarrass (class.):

    impeditum in ea (re amatoria) expedivi animum meum,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:

    sapientis est, cum stultitia sua impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit se expedire,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44:

    qui me et se hisce impedivit nuptiis,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 2:

    dum alios servat, se impedivit interim,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 37:

    tot me impediunt curae,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

    mentem dolore,

    Cic. Cael. 24, 60.—
    B.
    Transf. (causa pro effectu), to hinder, detain, obstruct, check, prevent, impede (so most freq.; cf.: inhibeo, prohibeo, interdico, veto); constr. with acc., ab, in aliqua re, or the simple abl., ne, quin, quominus, the inf., or absol.; very rarely with dat.
    (α).
    With the simple acc.:

    me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit: sed si me expediero, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 2:

    suis studiis sic impediuntur, ut, etc.... discendi enim studio impediti,

    id. Off. 1, 9, 28; cf.:

    aetate et morbo impeditus,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63: religione impediri, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 3:

    ne forte qua re impediar atque alliger,

    Cic. Att. 8, 16, 1.—With inanim:

    or abstr. objects: sinistra impedita,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 3:

    mea dubitatio aut impedire profectionem meam videbatur aut certe tardare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1:

    iter,

    id. Lael. 20, 75:

    navigationem (Corus),

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 3:

    magnas utilitates amicorum,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 75:

    res magnas,

    id. ib.; cf.:

    belli rationem prope jam explicatam perturbare atque impedire,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35 fin.: quod si corporis gravioribus morbis vitae jucunditas impeditur;

    quanto magis animi morbis impediri necesse est?

    id. Fin. 1, 18, 59.—
    (β).
    With ab or in aliqua re or the simple abl.:

    sibi non fuisse dubium, a re publica bene gerenda impediri,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47; cf.:

    ab delectatione omni negotiis impedimur,

    id. Mur. 19, 39; so,

    aliquem a suo munere,

    id. Rep. 5, 3:

    aliquem ab opere,

    Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

    aliquem a vero bonoque,

    Sall. J. 30, 2:

    non oportere sese a populo Romano in suo jure impediri,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 2:

    quem dignitas fugā impediverat,

    Tac. A. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    With ne, quin, quominus. —With ne:

    id in hac disputatione de fato casus quidam, ne facerem, impedivit,

    Cic. Fat. 1, 1; id. Sull. 33, 92.—With quin:

    ut nulla re impedirer, quin, si vellem, mihi esset integrum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 2, 6; Auct. Her. 3, 1, 1.— With quominus:

    nec aetas impedit, quominus agri colendi studia teneamus,

    Cic. de Sen. 17, 60; id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

    quaerere, quae sit tanta formido, quae tot ac tantos viros impediat, quominus, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 5; id. Fam. 3, 7, 3; 13, 5, 1; id. Att. 3, 22, 1; 13, 25, 2.—
    (δ).
    With inf.:

    quid est igitur, quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare? etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 2, 8:

    me impedit pudor ab aliquo haec exquirere,

    id. de Or. 1, 35, 163:

    ne qua mora ignaros pubemque educere castris Impediat,

    Verg. A. 11, 21; Ov. P. 1, 1, 21.—
    (ε).
    With dat. (in analogy to impedimento esse): novitati non impedit vetus consuetudo, is no hinderance, = obstat (cf. the context), Varr. L. L. 9, § 20 Müll.: inpediat tibi, ne, etc., Schol. Juv. 14, 49.—
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    ut omnia quae impediant, vincat intentio,

    Quint. 10, 3, 28; 12, 10, 55:

    de rebus ipsis utere tuo judicio—nihil enim impedio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13: quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, Euporiston, id. Att. 7, 1, 7; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 55.—Hence, impĕdītus ( inp-), a, um, P. a., hindered, [p. 898] embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded.
    A.
    Of persons:

    neque nunc quomodo me expeditum ex impedito faciam, jam consilium placet,

    Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 87: inermos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, encumbered with baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:

    impeditis hostibus propter ea quae ferebant onera,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 2:

    agmen,

    Liv. 43, 23, 1:

    itinere impediti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75, 3:

    nostri si ab illis initium transeundi (fluminis) fieret, ut impeditos aggrederentur,

    i. e. embarrassed with the difficulties of crossing, id. B. G. 2, 9, 1; 1, 12, 3; 2, 10, 2;

    2, 23, 1 et saep.: malis domesticis impediti,

    Cic. Sest. 45, 97:

    viden me consiliis tuis miserum impeditum esse?

    Ter. And. 3, 5, 11.— Comp.: quod, si durior accidisset casus, impeditiores fore videbantur, Auct. B. Alex. 14 fin. —
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    hostem impedito atque iniquo loco tenetis,

    difficult of passage, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 4; cf.:

    silvae,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 3:

    saltus impeditos gravis armis miles timere potest,

    Liv. 9, 19, 16:

    vineae nexu traducum,

    Tac. H. 2, 25:

    navigationem impeditam (esse) propter inscientiam locorum,

    troublesome, Caes. B. G. 3, 9, 4:

    impedito animo,

    i. e. engaged, busy, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:

    omnium impeditis animis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5:

    tempora rei publicae,

    Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

    dies tristi omine infames et impediti,

    Gell. 4, 9, 5:

    disceptatio,

    Liv. 37, 54, 7:

    oratio fit longa et impedita,

    Quint. 8, 6, 42:

    bellum (with arduum),

    Tac. A. 4, 46:

    cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28, 1:

    tu rem impeditam et perditam restituas,

    intricate and hopeless, Ter. And. 3, 5, 13.— Comp.:

    longius impeditioribus locis secuti,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 28 fin.; so,

    saltus artior et impeditior,

    Liv. 9, 2, 8; 7, 21, 8.— Sup.:

    silvae undique impeditissimae,

    i. e. exceedingly difficult to pass, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 1:

    itinera,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 2:

    quid horum non impeditissimum? vestitus an vehiculum an comes?

    exceedingly embarrassing, a great encumbrance, Cic. Mil. 20, 54.

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  • 9 arduus

        arduus adj.    [AL-, ARDH-], steep: ascensus, Cs.: via.—Poet., high, elevated, lofty: aether, O.: cervix equi: sese arduus infert, i. e. on his steed, V.: Arduus arma tenens, high in the air, V.— Fig., difficult, arduous, hard: nihil arduum sibi esse, Cs.: factu, L.: victoria, O.: virtutis via arduae, H.: arduum videtur, res gestas scribere, S.: res, hardships: rebus in arduis, H.
    * * *
    ardua -um, arduior -or -us, arduissimus -a -um ADJ
    steep, high, lofty, towering, tall; erect, rearing; uphill; arduous, difficult

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  • 10 difficilis

        difficilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [dis- + facilis], hard, difficult, troublesome, impracticable, laborious, perilous: res, T.: facilia ex difficillimis redigere, Cs.: opus: locus: in locos difficilīs abire, S.: valles, Cs.: oppidum difficili ascensu: transitus, Cs.: aditūs, H.: tempus anni difficillimum, Cs.: difficili rei p. tempore, peril: casus difficilior, S.: difficilioribus usi tempestatibus, Cs: adversas (res) ferre difficile esset: non fuisse difficile cavere, Cs.—Prov.: difficile est, crimen non prodere voltu, O.—With supin. abl.: difficile factu est non probare: quo de genere difficile dictu est.— As subst n.: pati vel difficillima, the greatest hardships: in difficili esse, embarrassed, L.: ex difficili petenda, O.— Hard to manage, obstinate, captious, morose, surly: parens in liberos: Difficilem offendet garrulus, H.: senes: avunculus difficillimā naturā, N.: difficili bile tumet iecur, H.: Penelope procis, H.: precibus, O.: terrae, intractable, V.
    * * *
    difficile, difficilior -or -us, difficillimus -a -um ADJ
    difficult; hard; hard to manage, obstinate. intractable; morose

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  • 11 impedītus (inp-)

        impedītus (inp-) adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of impedio], hindered, embarrassed, obstructed, encumbered, burdened, impeded: impeditis hostibus propter onera, Cs.: comitatus: agmen, L.: magnam partem eorum impeditam interfecerunt, Cs.: malis domesticis impediti.—Inaccessible, hard to pass, difficult: saltūs, L.: navigatio propter inscientiam locorum, troublesome, Cs.: impeditissima itinera, Cs.: longius impeditioribus locis secuti, Cs. —Fig., engaged, busy, preoccupied: impedito animo.—Embarrassing, difficult, intricate: tempora rei p.: disceptatio, L.: cum victoribus nihil impeditum arbitrarentur, Cs.: quid horum non impeditissimum? a great encumbrance.

    Latin-English dictionary > impedītus (inp-)

  • 12 confragosus

    confragosa -um, confragosior -or -us, confragosissimus -a -um ADJ
    rough, uneven, broken; difficult, hard, difficult to accomplish

    Latin-English dictionary > confragosus

  • 13 confragus

    confraga, confragum ADJ
    rough, uneven, broken; difficult, hard, difficult to accomplish

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  • 14 adorior

    ăd-ŏrĭor, ortus, 4, v. dep. ( part. adorsus, Gell. 9, 2, 10; see the passage at the end of this art.; the second and third pers. of the pres. ind., acc. to the fourth conj.: adorīris, adorītur; forms analogous to orĕris, orĭtur, of the simple verb occur in Lucr. 3, 513; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P.), to rise up for the purpose of going to some one or something, or of undertaking something great, difficult, or hazardous (clandestinely, artfully, when a hostile approach is spoken of; while aggredi indicates a direct, open attack from a distance: aggredimur de longinquo; adorimur ex insidiis et ex proximo; nam adoriri est quasi ad aliquem oriri, i. e. exsurgere, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50; cf. the same ad Heaut. 4, 5, 9).
    I.
    In gen., to approach a person in order to address him, to ask something of him, to accost, etc. (cf. accedo, adeo):

    cesso hunc adoriri? (quasi de improviso alloqui, Don.),

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

    si ab eo nil fiet, tum hunc adorior hospitem,

    id. Phorm. 4, 2, 15.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To approach one with hostile intent, to assault, assail, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 886 P.:

    inermem tribunum gladiis,

    Cic. Sest. 37:

    a tergo Milonem,

    id. Mil. 10:

    navem,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 34 fin.:

    impeditos adoriebantur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

    hos Conon adortus magno proelio fugat,

    Nep. Con. 4:

    urbem vi,

    Liv. 1, 53:

    oppugnatio eos aliquanto atrocior quam ante adorta est,

    id. 21, 11; cf.

    21, 28: praetorem ex improviso in itinere adortus,

    Tac. A. 4, 45:

    variis criminationibus,

    id. ib. 14, 52:

    minis,

    id. H. 1, 31:

    jurgio,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50:

    senatum,

    Suet. Caes. 9.—Also absol., Hirt. B. Afr. 69.—
    B.
    To enter upon any course of action, esp. to engage in or undertake any thing difficult or dangerous; with acc. or inf.:

    commutare animum quicumque adoritur,

    Lucr. 3, 515:

    ne convellere adoriamur ea, quae non possint commoveri,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 205; id. Att. 13, 22: Hêrakleidion, si Brundisium salvi, adoriemur (sc. scribere), id. ib. 16, 2; Auct. Her. 2, 4:

    majus adorta nefas,

    Ov. P. 2, 2, 16:

    hi dominam Ditis thalamo deducere adorti,

    Verg. A. 6, 397; cf. id. ib. 7, 386; Cat. 63, 11.—So esp. in the histt., Nep. Dion. 6:

    hanc (Munychiam) bis tyranni oppugnare sunt adorti,

    id. Thras. 2, 5; so also Liv. 2, 51; 28, 3; 37, 5, 32; 40, 22; 43, 21; 44, 12; cf. also 3, 44: hanc virginem Appius pretio ac spe pellicere adortus.— Once in the form of the part. perf. adorsus:

    qui Hippiam tyrannum interficere adorsi erant,

    Gell. 9, 2, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adorior

  • 15 laboriosus

    lăbōrĭōsus, a, um, adj. [2. labor], full of labor, laborious.
    I.
    Attended with much labor, laborious, toilsome, wearisome, difficult, troublesome (syn. operosus):

    deambulatio,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 3:

    nihil laboriosius,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 19:

    operum longe maximum ac laboriosissimum,

    Liv. 5, 19 fin.: si qua laboriosa est (fabula), ad me curritur, difficult to put on the stage, opp. lenis, Ter. Heaut. prol. 44.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Inclined to labor, laborious, industrious, for the Gr. philoponos (syn.:

    impiger, industrius): homines,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35:

    bos laboriosissimus hominis socius in agricultura,

    Col. 6 praef. § 7.—
    B.
    That undergoes much trouble and hardship, troubled, harassed:

    quid enim nobis duobus laboriosius?

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5; id. Phil. 11, 4, 4.—Hence, adv.: lăbōrĭōsē, laboriously, wearisomely, with difficulty, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 9; Cels. 5, 17, 2; Cat. 38, 1.— Comp., Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 31.— Sup.:

    laboriosissime,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 71; Suet. Caes. 43 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laboriosus

  • 16 perdifficilis

    per-diffĭcĭlis, e, adj., very difficult (class.), Cic. Part. 24, 84:

    quaestio,

    id. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

    navigatio,

    id. Att. 3, 8, 2.— Sup.:

    perdifficillimus aditus,

    exceedingly difficult, Liv. 40, 21.— Adv.: perdiffĭcĭlĭter, with great difficulty, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > perdifficilis

  • 17 angustus

        angustus adj. with comp. and sup.    [ANG-], narrow, strait, contracted: iter, S.: fines, Cs.: rima, H.: mare, a strait: angustissima portus, Cs.— Fig., short, brief: dies, O.: spiritus, breathing.— Needy, pinching, stinting: pauperies, H.: res, poverty, Iu.: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, shaken, Cs.—Critical, difficult: rebus angustis animosus, H.—Of character, narrow, base, little, petty: animus: defensio angustior, less honorable. — Of thought or argument, narrow, trifling, subtle, hairsplitting: concertationes: interrogatiunculae.—Of style, brief, succinct: oratio: quae angustiora parietes faciunt, i. e. less discursive than in the forum.
    * * *
    angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um ADJ
    narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

    Latin-English dictionary > angustus

  • 18 anthias

        anthias ae, m    an unknown sea-fish, O.
    * * *
    sea fish (difficult to catch L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > anthias

  • 19 arduum

        arduum ī, n    [arduus], a steep place, steep: ardua evadere, L.: in ardua montis ite, O.: per arduum scandere, H.—Fig., difficulty: nil mortalibus ardui est, H.
    * * *
    steep/high place, heights, elevation; arduous/difficult/hard task; challenge

    Latin-English dictionary > arduum

  • 20 clīvōsus

        clīvōsus adj.    [clivus], hilly, full of hills (poet.): rus, V.—Steep, arduous: Latina (via), Iu.: Olympus, O.
    * * *
    clivosa, clivosum ADJ
    hilly, full of hills; steep, characterized by slopes; difficult (L+S)

    Latin-English dictionary > clīvōsus

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