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diffĭcultas , ātis (
I.gen. plur. difficultatium, Liv. 9, 31, 14; Gell. 14, 2, 3), f. difficilis, difficulty, trouble, distress, poverty, want.
I. In gen. (freq. in good prose in sing. and plur.
(α). With gen.: “ineundi consilii,Cic. Rep. 1, 34: “discendi (with labor),id. Div. 1, 47, 105: “dicendi,id. de Or. 1, 26, 120: “navigandi,id. ib. 1, 18, 82; Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.: “belli gerendi,id. ib. 3, 10: “faciundi pontis,id. ib. 4, 17, 2 et saep.: “viarum,id. ib. 7, 56, 2; id. B. C. 1, 70; cf. “loci,Sall. J. 98, 5; Tac. Agr. 17 fin.: “rerum,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; Sall. C. 57, 2; Suet. Tib. 16; 21: “morbi,Cels. 3, 1; cf. “urinae,id. 2, 1 al.: “vecturae,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82: “summa navium,id. ib. 2, 5, 20: “rei frumentariae,Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3: “annonae,Suet. Aug. 41; cf. “nummaria,want. scarcity of money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28; Suet. Tib. 48: “domestica,distressed circumstances, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14 et saep.—
II. In partic. (acc. to difficilis, no. II.), obstinacy, captiousness, moroseness: “arrogantiam pertulit, difficultatem exsorbuit,Cic. Mur. 9, 19.
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