LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

difficultō

difficultō (present infinitive difficultāre, perfect active difficultāvī, supine difficultātum)
Classical[dɪf.fɪˈkʊɫ.toː]Ecclesiastical[dif.fiˈkul.to]

Meaning

  1. to hinder; to make difficult; to obstruct

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.difficultōdifficultābamdifficultābōdifficultāvīdifficultāveramdifficultāverō
2nd sg.difficultāsdifficultābāsdifficultābisdifficultāvistīdifficultāverāsdifficultāveris
3rd sg.difficultatdifficultābatdifficultābitdifficultāvitdifficultāveratdifficultāverit
1st pl.difficultāmusdifficultābāmusdifficultābimusdifficultāvimusdifficultāverāmusdifficultāverimus
2nd pl.difficultātisdifficultābātisdifficultābitisdifficultāvistisdifficultāverātisdifficultāveritis
3rd pl.difficultantdifficultābantdifficultābuntdifficultāvērunt
difficultāvēre
difficultāverantdifficultāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.difficultemdifficultāremdifficultāverimdifficultāvissem
2nd sg.difficultēsdifficultārēsdifficultāverīsdifficultāvissēs
3rd sg.difficultetdifficultāretdifficultāveritdifficultāvisset
1st pl.difficultēmusdifficultārēmusdifficultāverīmusdifficultāvissēmus
2nd pl.difficultētisdifficultārētisdifficultāverītisdifficultāvissētis
3rd pl.difficultentdifficultārentdifficultāverintdifficultāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.difficultordifficultābardifficultābor
2nd sg.difficultāris
difficultāre
difficultābāris
difficultābāre
difficultāberis
difficultābere
3rd sg.difficultāturdifficultābāturdifficultābitur
1st pl.difficultāmurdifficultābāmurdifficultābimur
2nd pl.difficultāminīdifficultābāminīdifficultābiminī
3rd pl.difficultanturdifficultābanturdifficultābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.difficulterdifficultārer
2nd sg.difficultēris
difficultēre
difficultārēris
difficultārēre
3rd sg.difficultēturdifficultārētur
1st pl.difficultēmurdifficultārēmur
2nd pl.difficultēminīdifficultārēminī
3rd pl.difficultenturdifficultārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.difficultādifficultāre
pres. 2nd pl.difficultātedifficultāminī
fut. 2nd sg.difficultātōdifficultātor
fut. 3rd sg.difficultātōdifficultātor
fut. 2nd pl.difficultātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.difficultantōdifficultantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedifficultāredifficultārī
perfect infinitivedifficultāvissedifficultātum esse
future infinitivedifficultātūrum essedifficultātum īrī
present participledifficultāns—
perfect participle—difficultātus
future participledifficultātūrusdifficultandus
gerunddifficultandī, difficultandō, difficultandumsupinedifficultātum, difficultātū

Origins

From difficultās (“difficulty”) + -ō.

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Quick answers

What does difficultō mean in Latin?
difficultō, a verb, means “to hinder; to make difficult; to obstruct”.
What are the principal parts of difficultō?
difficultō, difficultāre, difficultāvī, difficultātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce difficultō?
In classical Latin, [dɪf.fɪˈkʊɫ.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [dif.fiˈkul.to].