A.hard to work, “ὕλη” Thphr.HP 5.1.1; “λίθοι” Paus.3.21.4; unfit to be worked, “σίδηρος” Plu.Lyc.9; hard to manage, “ὁπλισμός” Id.Flam.8; “δ. χρῆσθαι” Id.Tim.28; πόλις - οτέρα harder to besiege, Id.Nic.17.
2. hard to effect, difficult, Plb.28.8.3, Ph.1.272 (Sup.); “πόλεμος” App.Hisp.63 (Sup.); τὸ παραφυλάττειν τὰς ἐξόδους - ότερον J.BJ5.12.1. Adv. -γως“, κινηθῆναι” Plu.Demetr. 43.
II. Act., incapable of work, useless, “πρός τι” App.Syr.16; χεῖμα δ., hiems ignava, Bion Fr.15.5; idle, “νωθρὸς καὶ δ.” Plu.Alex.33.