difficultas

difficultās ātis (genplur. -tātium, L.), f

difficilis, difficulty, trouble, distress, poverty, want, embarrassment : discendi: navigandi, Cs.: faciundi pontis, Cs.: loci, S.: vecturae: summa navium: rei frumentariae, Cs.: nummaria, scarcity of money : domestica, distressed circumstances : in agendo: res ad receptum difficultatem adferebat, Cs.: ad consilium capiendum, Cs.: contra tantas difficultates providere, S.: erat in magnis Caesaris difficultatibus res, ne, etc., Cs.— Obstinacy, captiousness, moroseness : difficultatem exsorbuit.