taedĭum — Lewis & Short
taedĭum, ii, n.taedet,
I weariness, irksomeness, tediousness; loathing, disgust (not freq. till after the Aug. period; perh. not at all in Cic. or Cæs.).
I Subject.
(a) With gen.:
rerum adversarum,Sall. J. 62, 9:
belli,Liv. 8, 2, 2: confectus taedio puellae, Auct. B. Alex. 23: taedio curarum fessus, Tac. A. 12, 39:
taedium movere sui,id. ib. 13, 2:
laboris,Quint. 2, 2, 6; 12, 3, 11:
lucis,id. 1, 3, 16:
capere taedium vitae,Gell. 7, 18, 11:
educationis taedium suscipere libenter,Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 11.—In plur., Verg. G. 4, 332:
longi belli,Ov. M. 13, 213:
coepti mei,id. ib. 9, 615:
tui,id. A. A. 1, 718.—
(b) Absol.:
cum oppugnatio obsidentibus prius saepe quam obsessis taedium afferat,Liv. 34, 34, 2; so,
afferre,Quint. 5, 12, 8:
evitare,id. 10, 1, 31:
cum virtutes etiam ipsae taedium pariant, nisi, etc.,id. 9, 4, 43:
supervacua cum taedio dicuntur,id. 4, 2, 44:
esse taedio alicui,Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8:
sollicitum taedium,Hor. C. 1, 14, 17:
ne te capiant taedia,Tib. 1, 4, 16:
taedium facere,Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 34:
taedio aliquem afficere,Tac. A. 6, 7:
taedia subeunt animos,Juv. 7, 34.—
II Transf., object., loathsomeness, a disgusting, loathsome, or irksome thing, a nuisance (Plinian): vetustas oleo taedium affert, a loathsome, rancid taste, smell, etc., Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7; 19, 6, 34, § 111; 29, 6, 39, § 141.—In plur.:
non sunt ea taedia (sc. muscae et culices) in metallis,Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 167.