Latin maybe is hard — time to go off and flop? (8)
I believe the answer is:
languish
'flop?' is the definition.
'latin maybe is hard' is the wordplay.
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'maybe' becomes 'anguis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'l'+'anguis'+'h'='LANGUISH'
'time to go off and' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for languish that I've seen before include "Haul sign away - lack vitality" , "go into decline" , "lose strength" , "Droop" , "Long" .)