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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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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• hard (adj.):
    1. I. To the touch:
      1. 1. dūrus: things soft and h., mollia, dura, Ov. Met. 1, 20: Hor.: Virg.: more fully, d. tactu, Plin. 26, 8, 30. Very h., praedurus, Tac.: Plin.
      2. 2. rĭgĭdus (in this sense chiefly poet.): v. stiff, rigid.
    2. II. To some other sense: dūrus: a h. (opp. to flexible) voice, d. vox, Quint. 11, 3, 15: Cic. See also harsh.
    3. III. Fig.: trying, distressing:
      1. 1. dūrus: a h. condition, d. conditio, Cic. Mur. 23, 47: h. times, d. tempora, Liv. 34, 5, med.: to live a h. life, d. vitam vivere, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 5: 'tis h., durum! Hor. Od. 1, 24, extr.
      2. 2. asper, ĕra, ĕrum (rough: hence, abounding in difficulties): h. (trying) circumstances, res a., Sall. Cat. 10: Cic.: v. hazardous.
      3. 3. grăvis, e: v. grievous.
      4. 4. ĭnīquus (strictly, unfair; hence, pressing severely upon): cf. Cic. Quint. 2, 8, quid hoc iniquius aut indignius dici potest: v. unfair.
      5. 5. indignus (unworthy, undeserved): to look upon anything as very h., pro indignissimo habere, Liv. 1, 40, init. Phr.: h. conditions, conditiones tristes, Liv. 21, 12, med.; gravia atque acerba [imperata], ib. c. 13, extr.: peace on h. terms indeed, but necessary, pax magis necessaria quam aequa, ib. c. 13, med.
    4. IV. Difficult: diffĭcĭlis, arduus: v. difficult.
    5. V. Unfeeling: dūrus: v. hard-hearted.
    6. VI. Of cold, excessive: ācer, acris, acre: v. keen.
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• 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• HARD
1.
  • PROPR., not soft, durus (general term; e.g., stone, skin, water): solidus (firm, solid; e.g., wood, iron): rigidus (that does not bend, brittle): crudus (still unripe, of fruit, ὠμός): callosus (as skin, hand, etc.): asper (rough to the taste and touch): acerbus (rough to the taste): rather hard, duriusculus: very hard, perdurus: hard wood, also robur (PROP., wood of the ever-green oak): a hard cushion, culcita, quae corpori resistit: hard-boiled eggs, ova dura (‘opposed to mollia): to make anything hard, durare; indurare.
  • IMPROPR., unpleasant, against good taste, durus: asper: ferreus: horridus [Vid: HARSH]: rather hard, duriusculus (e.g., verse).
  • Yielding with difficulty; hence oppressive, durus: molestus (troublesome): gravis (pressing, heavy): acer (violent, etc.): acerbus (harsh): iniquus (not according to the laws of equity; hence oppressive, hard). Very hard, atrox (fearful): saevus (furious): a hard-fought buttle [Vid: HARD-FOUGHT]: hard work, labor gravis or molestus: a hard winter, hiems gravis or acris: very hard, hiems atrox or saeva: hard times, tempora dura, gravia, acerba, iniqua, aspera, luctuosa: temporum acerbitas, or iniquitas, or atrocitas: temporum calamitates: a hard rule, imperium grave, or iniquum, or acerbum; imperii acerbitas.
  • Severe, unmerciful, durus: asper: asperi animi (rough): immitis (not mild): severus (severe): acerbus (without indulgence): atrox (fearful, very hard, inhuman; rather poetical): a hard man, homo durus: vir severitatis durae (inexorable): homo asper (rough toward those about him).
  • Difficult, Vid: Hard to please, difficilis: hard of hearing, surdaster (Cic., Tusc., 5, 40, 116); to be, etc., graviter audire or gravitate auditus laborare; aures hebetiores habere.
2. adverb, dure: duriter: aspere: acerbe [SYN. in HARD, adjective]: to work hard at anything, multo sudore et labore facere aliquid; desudare et laborare in re; animo toto et studio omni in aliquid ineumbere: too hard, laboribus se frangere; laboribus confici: it rains hard [Vid: To RAIN]: to drink hard, potare: vino deditum esse.