adverb
difficulter
difficulter (comparative difficilius, superlative difficillimē)
Classical[dɪf.fɪˈkʊɫ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[dif.fiˈkul.ter]
Meaning
- with difficulty
diffĭculter,
I. adv., with difficulty; v. difficilis fin., no. β.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
difficulter adv.
difficilis, with difficulty, hardly : fiebat, Cs.: haud difficulter persuasum Latinis, L.; see difficiliter.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindifficulter
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin facilis Latin difficilis Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin difficulter From difficilis (“difficult, troublesome”) + -ter.