A.difficulty, ruggedness, “τῶν χωρίων” Th.4.12,33: metaph. in pl., “μεγάλας ἔχουσιν αἱ σύντομοι [ὁδοὶ] χαλεπότητας” Jul.Or.7.225c.
2. generally, difficulty, of understanding, Arist.APo.93b34.
II. mostly of persons, harshness, severity, opp. ῥᾳστώνη, Pl.Criti.107c, Lg.902c; “ἡ τοῦ σοφιστοῦ χ.” Id.Sph.254a; “τρόπων χ.” Id.Lg.929d; “τῶν πολιτειῶν” Isoc.4.142; abs., Th.1.84, Isoc.2.24, etc.; of the Lacedaemonians, Id.12.90; “μετὰ χαλεπότητος ἀκροᾶσθαι” Id.15.20; of the laws of Draco, Arist.Pol. 1274b17: pl., opp. πραότητες, Isoc.5.116.
2. ill-temper, vice, of a horse, X.Eq.3.10.
