tribulosus

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

trībŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [tribulus].

I Lit., full of thorns or thistles (late Lat.): voragines viarum, Sid. Ep. 3, 2 fin.

II Trop., thorny , rough : opus, Sid. Ep. 4, 3. — Sup. : tribulosissima dissimulatio, Sid. Ep. 1, 7 med.