difficilisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [dɪfˈfɪ.kɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [difˈfiː.t͡ʃi.lis]

形容詞

difficilis (neuter difficile, comparative difficilior, superlative difficillimus, adverb difficulter or difficile or difficiliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. 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; […] .

2. (of character) obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage

   Synonyms: sēditiōsus, tumultuōsus, turbulentus, obstinātus

   Antonyms: obsequēns, obsequiōsus, oboediēns, facilis

語形変化

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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参照

• “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016