difficulter Latin · revision 33072

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=la faciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɪf.fɪˈkʊɫ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [dif.fiˈkul.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''difficulter''' (comparative difficilius, superlative difficillimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an adverb [[der|la|difficilis|t=difficult]],^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) a by-form of [[m|la|difficiliter]], which is [[af|la|difficilis|-ter]].^(OLD 2012) That adjective is made from [[m|la|dis-]] and [[m|la|facilis|t=easy]],^(OLD 2012) which de Vaan lists among the derivatives of [[m|la|faciō|t=to do, make]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Georges names Varro and Caesar as its first users;^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates it from Caesar.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means "with difficulty".^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Georges calls ''difficulter'' the usual form, ''difficiliter'' rare (Cicero, Vitruvius, Celsus), and ''difficile'' another one (Velleius, Celsus); all three share the comparative ''difficilius'' and the superlative ''difficillimē''.^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary) It also means reluctantly: Livy writes that the other states would accept the yoke without difficulty, and Seneca of someone who promised, but reluctantly, with eyebrows raised.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro.^(Georges 1913)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of states accepting the yoke.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of a reluctant promise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With [[m|en|difficulty]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|reluctantly|alt=Reluctantly]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[difficilis]]

+ * [[difficultās]]

+ * [[facilis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}