The corpus record — Latin

vexatio

vexatio · f

a violent movement

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Where it lives

Ad Scapulam 1 · 6.7/10k
De Paenitentia 2 · 4.91/10k
De Testimionio Animae 1 · 4.47/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 2 · 3.49/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
In L. Catilinam 3 · 2.39/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 1 · 1.88/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 4 · 1.76/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vexātĭo — Lewis & Short

vexātĭo, ōnis, f.vexo,

I a violent movement, shaking.

I Lit. (rare): partus, Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 253: minima pomorum, Petr. 60: ipsā enim vexatione constringitur (arbor) et radices certius figit, Sen. Prov. 4, 16.—

II Trop., agitation, trial: nisi agitetur (virtus), nisi assiduā vexatione roboretur, non potest esse perfecta, Lact. 3, 29, 26.—

III Transf., in gen., discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distress; trouble, vexation: corporis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: vulneris, Liv. 21, 48, 7: cum omni genere vexationis processerunt, id. 44, 5, 8: viae, Col. 1, 3, 3: stomachi, Plin. 31, 6, 35, § 68: dentes sine vexatione extrahere, id. 32, 7, 26, § 79: ut virgines Vestales ex acerbissimā vexatione eriperem, Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2: vexatio direptioque sociorum, id. ib. 1, 7, 18: per vexationem et contumelias, Liv. 38, 59, 9: multā cum vexatione, Curt. 5, 4, 21: sine magnā vexatione, id. 6, 5, 13.—

B Persecution, Sulp. Sev. 1, 1, 3.

In the wild

vexationem Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.21s
vexatione Tertullian, De Testimionio Animae 3
vexationem Tertullian, De Fuga in Persecutione 2
vexatio Tertullian, Ad Scapulam 3
vexatione Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.7.10.2
vexationes Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.4.11.7

6 of 68 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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