뜻

1. 어려운, 곤란한, 말썽부리는
2. 완고한, 고집센

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

예문

• prīmum contendēbant in viīs plānīs rēctīsque, sed quārtō diē iter difficilius fīēbat; (Oxford Latin Course III, Quīntus Delphōs vīsit 34:10)

  처음에는 그들은 평평하고 잘 정돈된 길을 걸어나섰지만, 넷째날부터 여행은 어려워졌다. (옥스포드 라틴 코스 3권, 34:10)

• Postquam id difficilius confieri animadvertit, silentio e castris tertia vigilia egressus eodem quo venerat itinere Metiosedum pervenit. (CAESAR, COMMENTARIORVM DE BELLO GALLICO, SEPTIMVS, LVII 58:2)

  (카이사르, 갈리아 전기, 7권, 58장 58:2)

• item nihil esse in hac vita et maxime hoc tempore difficilius, laboriosius, periculosius episcopi aut presbyteri aut diaconi officio, sed apud deum nihil beatius, si eo modo militetur. (Augustine, Saint, Epistulae. Selections., 7. (A. D. 391 Epist. XXI) Domino Beatissimo et Venerabili et In Conspectu Domini Sincera Capitate Carissimo Patri Valerio Episcopo Augustinus Presbyter In Domino salutem 1:2)

  (아우구스티누스, 편지들, 1:2)

• Melior est autem, quae quamvis ira saepe temptatur, tamen impetrare festinat ut sibi dimittat, cui se fecisse agnoscit iniuriam, quam quae tardius irascitur et ad veniam petendam difficilius inclinatur. (Augustine, Saint, Epistulae. Selections., 49. (A. D. 423 Epist. CCXI) 14:6)

  (아우구스티누스, 편지들, 14:6)

• si difficilius, aquae vel salis vel mellis paulum adicere. (Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, Liber I, chapter 3 4:92)

  (켈수스, 의학에 관하여, , 3장 4:92)

유의어 사전

Arduus (from ὀρθός) means difficult to ascend, in opp. to pronus; on the other hand, difficilis means difficult to execute, in opp. to facilis. Arduus involves a stronger notion of difficulty, and denotes the difficult when it borders on the impossible. Plin. Ep. iv. 17. Est enim res difficilis ardua. Tac. Hist. ii. 76. Æstimare debent, an quod inchoatur, reipublicæ utile, ipsis gloriosum, aut promptum effectu, aut certe non arduum sit. Cic. Verr. i. 51. Cum sibi omnes ad illum allegationes difficiles, omnes aditos arduos, ac pæne interclusos, viderent. (ii. 105.)

1. Austerus (αὐστηρός, from αὔω) denotes gravity as an intellectual, severus (αὐηρός) as a moral quality. The austerus in opp. to jucundus, Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 8. xxxv. 11, is an enemy to jocularity and frivolity, and seeks in science, learning, and social intercourse, always that which is serious and real, at the risk of passing for dull; the severus, in opp. to luxuriosus, Quintil. xi. 3, 74, is rigid, hates all dissoluteness and laxity of principle, and exacts from himself and others self-control and energy of character, at the risk of passing for harsh. The stoic, as a philosopher, is austerus, as a man, severus. 2. Austerus and severus involve no blame; whereas difficilis, morosus, and tetricus, denote an excess or degeneracy of rigor. The difficilis understands not the art of easy and agreeable converse, from hypochondria and temperament; the morosus (from mos) is scrupulous, and wishes everything to be done according to rule, from scrupulosity and want of tolerance; the tetricus (redupl. of trux, τραχύς) is stiff and constrained, from pedantry and want of temper. (iii. 232.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein