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 Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈles.ti.a/, [mɔˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈles.ti.a/, [moˈlɛst̪iä]

Noun

molestia f (genitive molestiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
• molestia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• molestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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. trouble, nuisance, hassle, annoyance, bother, vexation, inconvenience, pain in the ass, pain in the butt, disturbance, burden, imposition, pestering
2. discomfort (health-related or bodily pain)

Related terms

• molestar
• molesto
• molestoso