perfacilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

per-făcĭlis, e, adj.

I Very easy (class.): perfacilis et expedita defensio, Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 36 Madv. N. cr. : disciplina cognitu perfacilis, id. Tusc. 4, 3, 6; id. Leg. 2, 7, 17: perfacile factu esse conata perficere, Caes. B. G. 1, 3.—

II In partic., very courteous (class.): perfacilis in audiendo, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 93.—Hence, adv., in two forms: perfacile (class.) and ‡ perfacul.

A perfăcĭlē .

1 Very easily (class.): perfacile hunc hominem de medio tolli posse, Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20: sese tueri, id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 8: apparere, id. Fin. 2, 33, 209.—

2 Very willingly (ante-class.): perfacile patior, Att. ap. Non. 5, 40 (Trag. Rel. v. 9 Rib.); Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 93.—

B perfăcŭl antiqui et per se facul dicebant, quod nunc facile dicimus, Fest. p. 214 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 215 Müll.

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