hard (adv.) Copy link • hard (adv.): Phr.: to strive h., eniti (v. to strive): to fight hard, enixe dimicare, Liv. 8, 17: to work h., enixe operam dare, Liv. 6, 40, init. incumbere in or ad aliquam rem, Cic. (v. to devote oneself): to drink h., perpotare (v. to drink, booze): it goes h. with any one, in [magno] discrimine alicui res vertitur, Liv. 29, 7, init.: h. earned prize money, collecta viatica multis aerumnis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 26: h. beset with perils, multis undique cincta [Sicilia] periculis, Cic. (v. to surround): a h.-fought field, atrox proelium, cf. Liv. 21, 29; durum proelium, id. 40, 16, med.