annoys me

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).

Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

Of men:

homines aegri morbo gravi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13:

graviter aegrum fuisse,

id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

infirma atque aegra valetudo,

id. Brut. 48 fin.:

aegro corpore esse,

id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:

ex vulnere,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

vulneribus,

Nep. Milt. 7:

pedibus,

Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;

Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

anhelitus,

shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:

Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,

App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,

Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:

ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

vicinum funus aegros exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

ungebant oleo multos aegros,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):

D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

Of brutes:

sues aegri,

Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:

avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

Of plants, diseased:

seges aegra,

Verg. A. 3, 142:

aegra arbor,

Pall. Febr. 25, 23:

vitis,

id. Mart. 7, 4.—

Fig.

Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:

aeger animus,

Sall. J. 74:

aegris animis legati superveniunt,

Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.

Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,

Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):

animus aeger avaritiā,

Sall. J. 31:

amore,

Liv. 30, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —

With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:

animi,

Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:

rerum temere motarum,

Flor. 3, 17, 9:

morae,

Luc. 7, 240:

delicti,

Sil. 13, 52:

pericli,

id. 15, 135:

timoris,

id. 3, 72.—

With ab:

A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:

maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:

qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,

Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:

recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,

Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):

numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;

v. aegre below): dolores aegri,

Lucr. 3, 905:

luctus,

id. 3, 933:

amor,

Verg. G. 4, 464:

mors,

id. ib. 3, 512:

spes,

i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:

fides,

wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:

sed cui nihil accidit aegri,

Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

Object.

Uncomfortably:

nescio quid meo animost aegre,

disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.

opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:

aegre est,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:

aegre facere alicui,

to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:

aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,

any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:

inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:

aegre rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:

non aegre persequi iter,

Col. 9, 8, 9; so,

haud aegre,

Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:

aegre nimis risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

aegre me tenui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11:

aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,

Liv. 2, 45:

aegre stantes,

Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:

aegre pati,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

aegre tolerare,

Tac. Agr. 13:

si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:

aegre carere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:

quod aegrius patimur,

Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:

aegerrime ferre,

Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).

Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

Of men:

homines aegri morbo gravi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13:

graviter aegrum fuisse,

id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

infirma atque aegra valetudo,

id. Brut. 48 fin.:

aegro corpore esse,

id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:

ex vulnere,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

vulneribus,

Nep. Milt. 7:

pedibus,

Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;

Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

anhelitus,

shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:

Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,

App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,

Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:

ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

vicinum funus aegros exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

ungebant oleo multos aegros,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):

D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

Of brutes:

sues aegri,

Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:

avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

Of plants, diseased:

seges aegra,

Verg. A. 3, 142:

aegra arbor,

Pall. Febr. 25, 23:

vitis,

id. Mart. 7, 4.—

Fig.

Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:

aeger animus,

Sall. J. 74:

aegris animis legati superveniunt,

Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.

Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,

Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):

animus aeger avaritiā,

Sall. J. 31:

amore,

Liv. 30, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —

With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:

animi,

Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:

rerum temere motarum,

Flor. 3, 17, 9:

morae,

Luc. 7, 240:

delicti,

Sil. 13, 52:

pericli,

id. 15, 135:

timoris,

id. 3, 72.—

With ab:

A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:

maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:

qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,

Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:

recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,

Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):

numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;

v. aegre below): dolores aegri,

Lucr. 3, 905:

luctus,

id. 3, 933:

amor,

Verg. G. 4, 464:

mors,

id. ib. 3, 512:

spes,

i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:

fides,

wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:

sed cui nihil accidit aegri,

Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

Object.

Uncomfortably:

nescio quid meo animost aegre,

disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.

opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:

aegre est,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:

aegre facere alicui,

to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:

aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,

any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:

inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:

aegre rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:

non aegre persequi iter,

Col. 9, 8, 9; so,

haud aegre,

Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:

aegre nimis risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

aegre me tenui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11:

aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,

Liv. 2, 45:

aegre stantes,

Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:

aegre pati,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

aegre tolerare,

Tac. Agr. 13:

si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:

aegre carere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:

quod aegrius patimur,

Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:

aegerrime ferre,

Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

mălus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. mala, dirt; Gr. melas, black; cf. macula; Germ. mal in Mutter-mal, etc.].— Comp.: pējor, pejus.— Sup.: pessimus, a, um, bad, in the widest sense of the word (opp. bonus), evil, wicked, injurious, destructive, mischievous, hurtful; of personal appearance, ill-looking, ugly, deformed; of weight, bad, light; of fate, evil, unlucky, etc.:

malus et nequam homo,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 1:

pessima puella,

Cat. 36, 9; 55, 10:

delituit mala,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 9:

philosophi minime mali illi quidem, sed non satis acuti,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 23:

malam opinionem habere de aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

consuetudo,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:

conscientia,

Quint. 12, 1, 3:

mens,

id. ib.:

mores,

Sall. C. 18:

fures,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 77:

Furiae,

id. ib. 2, 3, 135:

virus,

Verg. G. 1, 129:

cicuta,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 56:

libido,

Liv. 1, 57:

falx,

Verg. E. 3, 11:

gramina,

id. A. 2, 471: carmen, i. e. an incantation, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17:

abi in malam rem,

go and be hanged! Ter. And. 2, 1, 17:

pugna,

unsuccessful, adverse, Cic. Div. 2, 25, 54; Sall. J. 56:

avis,

i. e. ill-boding, Hor. C. 1, 15, 5; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 46:

ales,

id. Epod. 10, 1: aetas, burdensome, i. e. senectus, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 4:

haud mala est mulier,

not badlooking, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 42:

facies,

Quint. 6, 3, 32; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43:

crus,

i. e. deformed, Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

pondus,

i. e. light, deficient, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 156.—Of the sick:

in malis aeger est,

in great danger, Cels. 3, 15 fin.:

tempus a quo omnis aeger pejor fiat,

id. 3, 5 med.:

eo tempore fere pessimi sunt qui aegrotant,

id. ib. —In neutr. sing., as adv.:

ne gallina malum responset dura palato,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 18.— Comp.: pejor, worse:

via,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 96.—Hence,

mă-lum, i, n., any thing bad, an evil, mischief, misfortune, calamity, etc.

In gen.:

orarem, ut ei, quod posses mali facere, faceres,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 25:

quam sit bellum, cavere malum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

nihil enim mali accidisse Scipioni puto,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

hostes inopinato malo turbati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12:

externum, i. e. bellum,

Nep. Hamilc. 21:

ne in cotidianam id malum vertat, i. e. febris,

Cels. 3, 15:

hoc malo domitos potius cultores agrorum fore, quam, etc.,

Liv. 2, 34, 11.—

In partic.

Punishment; hurt, harm, severity, injury:

malo domandam tribuniciam potestatem,

Liv. 2, 54, 10:

malo exercitum coërcere,

Sall. J. 100, 5:

sine malo,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 81; so Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45; Liv. 4, 49, 11:

vi, malo, plagis adductus est, ut frumenti daret,

ill-usage, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 56:

amanti amoenitas malo est: nobis lucro est,

is hurtful, injurious, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 5:

clementiam illi malo fuisse,

was injurious, unfortunate, Cic. Att. 14, 22, 1: malo hercle magno suo convivat sine modo, to his own [p. 1105] hurt, Enn. ap. Non. 474, 23 (Sat. v. 1 Vahl.):

olet homo quidam malo suo,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 165:

male merenti bona es: at malo cum tuo,

to your own hurt, id. As. 1, 3, 3.—

Wrong-doing:

causae, quae numquam malo defuturae sunt, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16, 3: sperans famam exstingui veterum sic posse malorum,

Verg. A. 6, 527; Anthol. Lat. 1, 178.—

As a term of abuse, plague, mischief, torment:

quid tu, malum, me sequere?

Plaut. Cas. 1, 3:

qui, malum, alii?

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 10:

quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; so id. Off. 2, 15, 53; Curt. 8, 14, 41.—

As an exclamation, alas! misery! Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 16; id. Men. 2, 3, 37 Brix ad loc.—

măle, adv., badly, ill, wrongly, wickedly, unfortunately, erroneously, improperly, etc.: dubitas, quin lubenter tuo ero meus, quod possiet facere, faciat male? will do all the harm to him, etc., Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66: si iste Italiam relinquet, faciet omnino male, et, ut ego existimo, alogistôs, will act altogether unwisely, Attic. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10:

di isti Segulio male faciant,

do harm to him, punish him, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 1:

o factum male de Alexione!

id. Att. 15, 1, 1:

male velle alicui,

to wish ill, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 13:

Karthagini male jamdiu cogitanti bellum multo ante denuntio, cogitare de aliquo,

Cic. Sen. 6, 18:

male loqui,

id. Rosc. Am. 48:

male loqui alicui, for maledicere,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 25:

male accipere verbis aliquem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

equitatu agmen adversariorum, male habere,

to harass, annoy, Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

hoc male habet virum,

annoys, vexes him, Ter. And. 2, 6, 5:

male se habere,

to feel ill, dejected, low-spirited, id. Eun. 4, 2, 6:

male est animo,

it vexes me, id. Ad. 4, 5, 21:

male est animo,

I feel unwell, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 33:

male fit animo,

I am beginning to feel bad, am getting unwell, id. Rud. 2, 6, 26: L. Antonio male sit, si quidem, etc., evil betide him! (a formula of imprecation), Cic. Att. 15, 15, 1:

quae res tibi vertat male,

much harm may it do you! Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 37:

male tibi esse malo quam molliter,

I would rather you should be unfortunate than effeminate, Sen. Ep. 82, 1:

proelium male pugnatum,

unsuccessfully, Sall. J. 54, 7:

ea quae male empta sunt,

at a bad bargain, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1:

male vendere,

at a sacrifice, id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

male reprehendunt praemeditationem rerum futurarum,

id. Tusc. 3, 16, 34:

male tegere mutationem fortunae,

Tac. H. 1, 66:

male sustinere arma,

unskilfully, Liv. 1, 25, 12: non dubito, quin me male oderit, i. e. very much, intensely, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2:

male metuo, ne, etc.,

exceedingly, much, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 2:

rauci,

miserably, Hor. S. 1, 4, 66.—

When attached to an adjective, it freq. gives it the opposite meaning: male sanus = insanus,

insane, deranged, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana,

with mind disturbed, Verg. A. 4, 8:

gratus,

i. e. ungrateful, Ov. H. 7, 27:

male fidas provincias,

unfaithful, Tac. H. 1, 17:

statio male fida carinis,

unsafe, Verg. A. 2, 23.— Comp.:

oderam multo pejus hunc quam illum ipsum Clodium,

Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

pejusque leto flagitium timet,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 50; and:

cane pejus vitabit chlamydem,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 30.

mālus, i, f., Gr. mêlea, an appletree:

malus bifera,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7:

et steriles platani malos gessere valentes,

Verg. G. 2, 70:

malus granata,

the pomegranate, Isid. 17, 7, 6:

felices arbores putantur esse quercus...malus, etc.,

Macr. S. 3, 20, 2.

mālus, i, m. [by some referred to root mac-; Gr. makros; Lat. magnus; but perh. the same word with 2. malus], an upright mast, pole, or beam.

In gen.:

malos exaequantes altitudinem jugi surrexit,

Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—

Esp.

A mast of a ship:

ut si qui gubernatorem in navigando agere nihil dicant, cum alii malos scandant, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 6, 17:

malum erigi, vela fieri imperavit,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

attolli malos,

Verg. A. 5, 829:

malo suspendit ab alto,

id. ib. 5, 489:

saucius,

injured, Hor. C. 1, 14, 5.—

A standard or pole, to which the awnings spread over the theatre were attached, Lucr. 6, 110; Liv. 39, 7, 8.—

The beam in the middle of a wine-press, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 317.—

The corner beams of a tower:

turrium mali,

Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4.

mŏlestus, a, um, adj. [moles], troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying (class.; cf.

importunus): abscede hinc, molestus ne sis!

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 63:

provincia,

Cic. Mur. 8, 18:

operosus ac molestus labor,

id. N. D. 2, 23, 39:

alicui odiosum et molestum esse,

id. Sen. 14, 47:

tu autem, nisi molestum est, paulisper exsurge,

if it will not incommode you, id. Clu. 60, 168:

nihil erit his laboriosius molestiusque provinciae?

id. Leg. 3, 8, 19:

arrogantia ingenii atque eloquentiae est multo molestissima,

id. Div. in Caecil. 11, 36: tunica, a dress of pitch, in which a malefactor was burned (tunicam alimentis ignium et illitam et intextam, Sen. Ep. 14, 5), Juv. 8, 235; Mart. 10, 25, 5.—

In partic., of speech, labored, affected:

simplex in agendo veritas non molesta,

Cic. Brut. 30, 116:

verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 464:

pronuntiatio gesticulationibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 183:

dialectos,

Suet. Tib. 56.—

Transf.

That is done with difficulty, difficult (post-class.):

molesta separatio,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14.—

Dangerous, injurious:

otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est,

Cat. 51, 12.—Hence, adv.: mŏlestē.

With trouble or difficulty (class.):

moleste fero,

I take it ill, it vexes, annoys me, Cic. Att. 13, 22, 4:

molestissime fero, quod, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 6, 5:

molestius ferre,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2:

fero,

I lament, Sen. Ep. 67, 13.—

In a troublesome or offensive manner; of speech, in a labored manner, affectedly:

mimice ac moleste,

Cat. 42, 8: scribere, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 86:

moleste uti distinctionibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 181.