molestia Latin · revision 31172

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *mel-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mɔˈɫɛs.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [moˈlɛs.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''molestia''' ''f'' (genitive molestiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|molestus|t=troublesome]] with the suffix [[m|la|-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan, following Schrijver, derives ⟨molestus⟩ from an s-stem [[itc-pro|*meles-|t=trouble, obstacle]], [[ine-pro|*mel-e/os-]], related to [[m|la|mōlēs|t=mass, effort]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus is its first author,^(Köbler 2010) with “so that they know what trouble they cause to another's nose” in the ''Captivi''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is distress, discomfort, trouble or annoyance, as in Plautus, Terence and Cato, and a source of annoyance, a nuisance, as Plautus' “I have removed a great nuisance from the doors”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The TLL finds the plural from Terence on.^(TLL) Pliny the Elder uses it of skin complaints on the face.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “trouble, harm”, and in medieval Latin it is also an illness and a legal dispute.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of trouble and of a nuisance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence has the plural.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of facial complaints.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Trouble, [[m|en|annoyance]], distress, discomfort; a [[m|en|nuisance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A physical affliction;^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976) ''(Medieval Latin)'' an illness.^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|dispute]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[praemolestia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[molestus]]

+ * [[mōlēs]]

+ * [[labor]]

+ * [[en|molest]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein contrasts ''labor'', toil that needs strength and causes weariness, with ''molestia'', trouble that oppresses by its size or bad timing.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}