perplexing
perplexing
adj.
P. and V. ἄ̆πορος, V. δῠσεύρετος, δυστέκμαρτος ; see baffling.
adj.
P. and V. ἄ̆πορος, V. δῠσεύρετος, δυστέκμαρτος ; see baffling.
PERPLEXING
difficilis; impeditus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) difficilis et contortus.
difficilis; impeditus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) difficilis et contortus.
perplexing (adj.):
1. sometimes dŭbius: a p. dinner (where all is so good that it is hard to choose), d. coena, Hor. S. 2, 2, 77: v.DOUBTFUL .
2. impĕdītus (involved in difficulty): a p. debate, i. disceptatio, Liv. 37, 54, med.
3. perplexus (like preced.): to occasion p. deliberation, p. deliberationem praebere, Liv. l. c.
4. nōdōsus: v.KNOTTY . 5. diffĭcĭlis, e (gen. term): cf. Liv. 37, 54, init. (nihil neque difficilius neque molestius, more embarrassing or more annoying): v. DIFFICULT . Phr.: what can be more p., *quid potest majorem animo dubitationem afferre? people began to feel a p. uncertainty, injectus est hominibus scrupulus et dubitatio quaedam, Cic. Clu. 28, 76.
1. sometimes dŭbius: a p. dinner (where all is so good that it is hard to choose), d. coena, Hor. S. 2, 2, 77: v.
2. impĕdītus (involved in difficulty): a p. debate, i. disceptatio, Liv. 37, 54, med.
3. perplexus (like preced.): to occasion p. deliberation, p. deliberationem praebere, Liv. l. c.
4. nōdōsus: v.