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1 malefactor
mălĕfactor, ōris, m. [id.], an evildoer, malefactor (Plautin. and post-class.):malefactorem amitti satiu'st quam relinqui beneficum,
i. e. it is better to let a malefactor go unpunished than to be ungrateful towards a benefactor, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 11:ad vindictam malefactorum,
Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 14. -
2 malefactor
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3 molestus
molestus adj. with comp. and sup. [moles], troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, unmanageable: labor: hoc sunt omnes iure molesti, Quo fortes, H.: nisi molestum est, exsurge, if it will not incommode you: nihil molestius: adrogantia ingeni est molestissima: otium, dangerous, Ct.: tunica, a dress of pitch (in which a malefactor was burned), Iu.—Of speech, labored, affected: simplex in agendo veritas non molesta: verba, O.* * *molesta -um, molestior -or -us, molestissimus -a -um ADJannoying; troublesome; tiresomemolestus esse -- to be a worry/nuisance
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5 molestus
mŏlestus, a, um, adj. [moles], troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying (class.; cf.B.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:II.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.A.That is done with difficulty, difficult (post-class.):* B. 1.molesta separatio,
Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14.—With trouble or difficulty (class.):2.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. -
6 sons
sons, sontis, adj. ( nom. sing., Fest. p. 297; Aus. Idyll. 12) [Part. from root as-, es-; Sanscr. as-mi; Gr. eimi; Lat. esum, sum; cf. Gr. eteos, etêtumos; prop. he who was it, the real person, the guilty one].I.Guilty, criminal; subst., a guilty person, an offender, malefactor, criminal (freq. and class., esp. as subst.; syn.:II. III.reus, nocens): anima,
Verg. A. 10, 854; Ov. M. 6, 618:ulni,
id. ib. 7, 847:di,
Stat. Th. 5, 610: manus foedata sanguine sonti ( poet. for sontis), Ov. M. 13, 563:morae ab igne supremo,
Stat. Th. 4, 641.— Subst.: sontes condemnant reos, * Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 16:(minores magistratus) vincla sontium servanto,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6:punire sontes,
id. Off. 1, 24, 82:insontes, sicuti sontes,
Sall. C. 16, 3:manes Virginiae nullo relicto sonte tandem quieverunt,
Liv. 3, 58 fin.; Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; id. Fam. 4, 13, 3; Ov. M. 2, 522; 10, 697; 11, 268.— Gen. plur.:sontum,
Stat. Th. 4, 475.—
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