molestia

See also: moléstia

Italian

Noun

molestia f (plural molestie)

1. (chiefly in the plural) annoyance, bother, trouble

Related terms

• molestare

Anagrams

• molestai
• semolati

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈles.ti.a/, [mɔˈɫɛs.ti.a]

Noun

molestia f (genitive molestiae); first declension

1. trouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness
2. uneasiness, annoyance
3. molestation
4. vexation, disgust, dislike

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	molestia	molestiae
genitive	molestiae	molestiārum
dative	molestiae	molestiīs
accusative	molestiam	molestiās
ablative	molestiā	molestiīs
vocative	molestia	molestiae

References

• molestia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• molestia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “molestia”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “molestia” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre
    

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Spanish

Noun

molestia f (plural molestias)

1. annoyance, vexation, trouble

Related terms

• molestar
• molesto
• molestoso