quĕrēla — Lewis & Short
quĕrēla or quĕrella, ae, f.queror,
I a complaining, complaint (class.).
I Lit.
A Ingen.:
intervenit nonnullorum querelis,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2:
hominum vel admiratio vel querela,id. Lael. 1, 2:
inveterata,id. ib. 10, 36:
epistula plena querelarum,id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1:
longae,Ov. F. 4, 83:
vestrum beneficium nonnullam habet querelam,gives some occasion for complaint, Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1:
his de tot tantisque injuriis,id. Sest. 30, 64:
cui sunt inauditae cum Deiotaro querelae tuae?id. Deiot. 3, 9:
querela Lucretiae patris ac propinquorum,id. Rep. 2, 25, 46:
QVI VIXIT SINE VLLA QVERELA CVM CONIVGE,without any complaint, Inscr. Grut. 480, 5.—With obj.-gen.:
frontis tui,Cic. Pis. 1, 1:
querela temporum,against the times, id. Fam. 2, 16, 1:
aequalium meorum,id. Sen. 3, 7.— With quod:
an quod a sociis eorum non abstinuerim, justam querelam habent,Liv. 32, 34, 5.—With obj.clause:
falsa est querela, paucissimis hominibus vim percipiendi, quae tradantur, esse concessam,Quint. 1, 1, 1. —
B In partic., a complaint, accusation (postAug.):
advocati flagitabant, uti judex querelam inspiceret,Petr. 15:
frequentes,Dig. 5, 2, 1:
instituere,to institute, ib. 5, 2, 8; 5, 2, 21; Val. Max. 9, 10, 2. —
II Transf.
A A plaintive song for lulling children to sleep:
longa somnum suadere querela,Stat. Th. 5, 616. —
B A plaintive sound, plaintive note, plaint; of animals or instruments. —
Of swans: tollunt lugubri voce querellam,Lucr. 4, 546.—
Of frogs: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querellam,Verg. G. 1, 378; cf. id. A. 8, 215.—Of doves, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.— Of the plaintive tones of the tibia:
dulcesque querellas, Tibia quas fundit,Lucr. 4, 584; 5, 1384.—
C A pain that occasions complaining, a complaint, disease, malady:
pulmonis ac viscerum querelas levare,Sen. Q. N. 3, 1, 3; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 18 (29), 1.