difficultas
Latin
Etymology
From difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dif.fiˈkul.taːs/
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | difficultās | difficultātēs |
| Genitive | difficultātis | difficultātum |
| Dative | difficultātī | difficultātibus |
| Accusative | difficultātem | difficultātēs |
| Ablative | difficultāte | difficultātibus |
| Vocative | difficultās | difficultātēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: difficulty
- English: difficult
- Spanish: dificultad
References
- difficultas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- difficultas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- difficultas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be in a dilemma; in difficulties: in angustiis, difficultatibus, esse or versari
- to be in a dilemma; in difficulties: angustiis premi, difficultatibus affici
- to be in severe pecuniary straits: in summa difficultate nummaria versari (Verr. 2. 28. 69)
- want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: difficultas annonae (Imp. Pomp. 15. 44)
- to be in a dilemma; in difficulties: in angustiis, difficultatibus, esse or versari
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