diffĭcultas (noun F) : (
* Gen. plur. difficultatium, Liv. 9, 31, 14; Gell. 14, 2, 3), f. difficilis, difficulty, trouble, distress, poverty, want.
* In gen. (freq. in good prose in sing. and plur.
* With gen.: ineundi consilii,Cic. Rep. 1, 34: discendi (with labor),id. Div. 1, 47, 105: dicendi,id. de Or. 1, 26, 120: navigandi,id. ib. 1, 18, 82; Caes. B. G. 3, 12 fin.: belli gerendi,id. ib. 3, 10: faciundi pontis,id. ib. 4, 17, 2 et saep.: viarum,id. ib. 7, 56, 2; id. B. C. 1, 70; cf. loci,Sall. J. 98, 5; Tac. Agr. 17 fin.: rerum,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12; Sall. C. 57, 2; Suet. Tib. 16; 21: morbi,Cels. 3, 1; cf. urinae,id. 2, 1 al.: vecturae,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 82: summa navium,id. ib. 2, 5, 20: rei frumentariae,Caes. B. G. 7, 17, 3: annonae,Suet. Aug. 41; cf. nummaria,want. scarcity of money,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 28; Suet. Tib. 48: domestica,distressed circumstances,Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14 et saep.
* In partic. (acc. to difficilis, no. II.), obstinacy, captiousness, moroseness: arrogantiam pertulit, difficultatem exsorbuit,Cic. Mur. 9, 19.

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