easy Copy link Outline I. Not difficult1. făcĭlis, e (either absol., or foll. by ad and gerund, or supine in u)2. prōclīvis (lit. down-hill3. prōnus (like proclivis, but rare)4. expĕdītus (not presenting obstacles; to be readily done)5. in promptu (with esse. not precisely in this sense in Cic.)II. Attended with ease and comfort1. ōtiōsus (strictly, having no business or cares)2. tranquillus, quiētus3. clēmens, ntis (without effort or vexations)III. Of complying temper1. făcĭlis2. indulgens3. rĕmissus (lit. unbent; opp. to severe, exacting)IV. Unconstrained1. expĕdītus (esp. of utterance)2. vĕnustus, lĕpĭdus • easy: I. Not difficult: 1. făcĭlis, e (either absol., or foll. by ad and gerund, or supine in u): an e. thing, res f., Ter.: (things) e. to understand, ad judicandum facilia, Cic.: a thing e. to be done, res factu f., Ter.: Cic. Less freq. foll. by infin., e. to be conquered, f. vinci, Liv. Very easy, perfacilis, Cic.: Caes. 2. prōclīvis (lit. down-hill: hence of what is readily and naturally done): to prefer the e. to the laborious, proclivia laboriosis anteponere, Cic. Join: facilis et proclivis, Cic. Also the phr. in proclivi is found = proclivis, after verb to be (not in Cic.): everything else will be e., alia omnia in proclivi erunt, Sall. (Or.). 3. prōnus (like proclivis, but rare): that is easier to believe, id pronius ad fidem est, Liv.: Sall. 4. expĕdītus (not presenting obstacles; to be readily done): an easier road to honours, via expeditior ad honores, Cic.: (things) very e. to explain, ad explicandum expeditissima, Cic. 5. in promptu (with esse. not precisely in this sense in Cic.): Sall. (Or.): Ov.: v. easily (I. fin.). Phr.: it is not e. for those to rise whom, haud facile emergunt, quos, etc., Juv. II. Attended with ease and comfort: 1. ōtiōsus (strictly, having no business or cares): to be e. in one's mind, otioso esse animo, Ter.: e. in mind, otiosus ab animo, Ter. (A somewhat colloq. use of the word: in Cic. = unemployed, at leisure.) 2. tranquillus, quiētus: v. quiet, calm. 3. clēmens, ntis (without effort or vexations): this e. town-life, haec cl. vita urbana [atque otium]., Ter. Ad. 1, 1., 17. Phr.: to be in e. circumstances, *a re familiari satis commode se habere, fortunâ commodâ magis quam amplâ uti. III. Of complying temper: 1. făcĭlis: an e. father, f. pater, Ter.: the e. nymphs, f. nymphae. Virg.: v. good-natured. 2. indulgens: v. indulgent. 3. rĕmissus (lit. unbent; opp. to severe, exacting): I doubted whether to be e. (with him), or to stand on my right, (dubitabam) utrum remissior essem, an summo jure contenderem, Cic.: Plin. jun. IV. Unconstrained: without effort: 1. expĕdītus (esp. of utterance): e., fluent speech, ex. et perfacile currens oratio, Cic.: v. free. 2. vĕnustus, lĕpĭdus: v. graceful. Phr.: the quiet, e. talk of an old man, senis sermo quietus et remissus, Cic.: a very e. (fluent) speaker, solutissimus in dicendo, Cic.
EASY Copy link • EASYNot difficult, facilis (general term; opposed to difficilis): solutus, expeditus (free from difficulties, not entangled or intricate; opposed to impeditus). (The words are found in this connection and order.) facilis et expeditus; solutus et expedims; solutus et facilis: nullius negotii (causing no trouble; opposed to magni negotii). Very easy, perfacilis; perexpeditus: an easy passage, *locus expeditus ad explicandum: to be easy (of a passage), facilem explicatum habere (after Cic., De N.D., 3, 39, 93): an easy book, *liber facilis ad intelligendum: it is an easy matter, nihil est negotii; id facile effici potest: to whom anything is easy, solutus in re (e.g., in dicendo) expeditus, solutus atque expeditus ad aliquid faciendum. Easy to, facilis or proclivis, with superlative in u; expeditus ad, with gerund in dum. ☞ And here observe that after facilis [and difficilis] other constructions are preferred: (α) facilis ad, with gerund in dum: easy to digest, or easy of digestion, facilis ad concoquendum: (β) with the infinitive present after facile [and difficile] est: it is easy to conquer those who offer no resistance, facile est vincere non repugnantes: (γ) by the passive voice, the adverb facile being then used; e.g., it is not easy to distinguish true love from pretended, non facile dijudicatur amor verus et fictus: (δ) by using a substantive instead of the superlative: e.g., it is easy to distinguish virtues from vices, virtutum ac vitiorum facilis est distinctio. To be easy to climb, or of ascent, facili esse ascensu: to be easy to understand, facilem habere cognitionem: to be easy to explain, faciles habere explicatus: not to be easy to explain, difficiles habere explicatus: it is easy to me to do anything, mihi proclive est aliquid facere (e.g., transnare flumen): it is easy to perceive or understand that, etc., facile est ad intelligendum; in procinctu est (it is obvious; ☞ not in proclivi or expedito est in the Golden Age). Attended with ease (i. e., freedom from anxiety, etc.), tranquillus, quietus, placidus; pacatus, sedatus [SYN. in TRANQUIL]. To live an easy life, quieto animo vivere; tranquille vitam traducere: to be in easy circumstances, or to be easy in one’s circumstances, in rebus secundis esse; in bona conditione constitutum esse: make yourself easy, bono sis animo, or bonum habe animum. Complying, etc., as to temper, facilis (easily persuaded, indulgent): facilis ad concedendum (ready to yield): indulgens (opposed to durus). Know that you are the most easy-tempered of mortals, te esse auricula infirma molliorem, scito (Cic., Quint., Fr., 2, 15, 4). Simple, unforced; simplex (natural; of things and persons, also of behavior): naturalis (unaffected, natural, opposed to fucatus, of things).