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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• difficulty:
    1. I. Arduousness:
      1. 1. diffĭcultas: the d. and toil of learning, d. laborque discendi, Cic.
      2. 2. aspĕrĭtas (roughness, danger): the d. of the war, belli asp., Sall.
      3. 3. angustiae, arum (straits): Cic.
      4. 4. mōles, is, f. (implying great effort; chiefly poet.): I will transport the ships without much d., transveham naves haud magna mole, Liv.: Virg.
      5. 5. nĕgōtium: without any d., nullo negotio, Cic.: v. difficult (phr.), trouble. Phr.: with d., (1) vix: either with d., or not at all, aut vix aut nullo modo, Cic.: I with d. refrain, ego vix teneo me, Cic.: Caes.: (2) aegrē: to be separated with d., aegre divelli, Cic.: Caes.: v. hardly: (3) diffĭcĭlĕ: with very great d., difficillime, Caes.: Cic.: (4) diffĭculter (rare): Caes.: Tac.: (5) with very great d., perdiffĭcĭlĭter, Cic.
    2. II. That which is arduous, or demands labour:
      1. 1. diffĭcultas: this contains a great d., hoc habet magnam d., Cic.: to get into d.s, in difficultates delabi, Cic.
      2. 2. angustiae, arum: d.s of ground, an. locorum, Nep.: to bring into d.s, in an. compellere, Cic.: v. straits.
      3. 3. impĕdīmentum (an obstacle of any kind): to overcome the d.s presented by nature, impedimenta naturae superare, Cic.: v. hindrance, obstacle.
      4. 4. ŏpus, ĕris, n.: v. work.
      5. 5. scrūpŭlus (of a galling, harassing kind): the stings and d.s of domestic cares, aculei et s. domesticarum sollicitudinum, Cic. Phr.: to look for d.s where there are none, nodum in scirpo quaerere, Ter.: to fall into d.s, in angustum venire, Cic.: to make a d. (about doing a thing) gravari (either absol. or with infin.), Cic. (v. to refuse): to be in d.s, laborare (e. g. de pecunia), Cic.
    3. III. Embarrassment; esp. of a pecuniary kind: diffĭcultas (pecuniae), Cic.: v. embarrassment.
    4. IV. An objection started to a theory: scrūpŭlus (?): v. objection.