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arduum

arduum is a Latin form of arduus, meaning “steep, high, lofty; difficult”. It is the genitive plural neuter adjective or genitive plural masculine adjective or accusative singular masculine adjective or nominative singular neuter adjective.

Found 88 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.47.3: Sed elati spe celeris victoriae et hostium fuga et superiorum temporum secundis proeliis nihil adeo arduum sibi esse existimaverunt quod non virtute consequi possent, neque finem prius sequendi fecerunt quam muro opp …

Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni 8.2.34: Relicta deinde phalange ad subigendos, qui defecerant, cum equite processit. Arduum et inpeditum saxis iter primo utcumque tolerabant, mox equorum non ungulis modo attritis, sed corporibus etia …

All forms of arduus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.