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perfacilis

perfacilis · adj

Very easy

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Where it lives

Pro M. Caelio 3 · 3.54/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 1 · 1.72/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Pro P. Quinctio 1 · 1.16/10k
Orator 2 · 1.08/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
De Rerum Natura 4 · 0.82/10k
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 1 · 0.75/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

per-făcĭlis — Lewis & Short

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, Cic. 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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