mŏlestus — Lewis & Short
mŏlestus, a, um, adj.moles,
I 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.—
B 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.—
II Transf.
A That is done with difficulty, difficult (post-class.):
molesta separatio,Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 14.—*
B Dangerous, injurious:
otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est,Cat. 51, 12.—Hence, adv.: mŏlestē.
1 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.—
2 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.