molestus

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈles.tus/, [mɔˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈles.tus/, [moˈlɛst̪us]

Adjective

molestus (feminine molesta, neuter molestum, comparative molestior, superlative molestissimus); first/second-declension adjective

troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	molestus	molesta	molestum	molestī	molestae	molesta
Genitive	molestī	molestae	molestī	molestōrum	molestārum	molestōrum
Dative	molestō	molestae	molestō	molestīs
Accusative	molestum	molestam	molestum	molestōs	molestās	molesta
Ablative	molestō	molestā	molestō	molestīs
Vocative	moleste	molesta	molestum	molestī	molestae	molesta

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: molest
Italian: molesto
Portuguese: molesto
Spanish: molesto

References

“molestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“molestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
molestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
- to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid

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