A.difficult to deal with, “φλέψ” Hp.Oss.16; “πρᾶγμα” Henioch. 4.4, cf. Plu.2.419a; “ὀφθαλμία” Sor.2.15.
2. of persons, intractable, stubborn, S.Aj.914 (lyr.), Arist.EE1234a5. Adv. -λως awkwardly, clumsily, X.Oec.8.16; with difficulty, Gal.14.114.