Latin edit

Etymology edit

From mōlēs.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

molestus (feminine molesta, neuter molestum, comparative molestior, superlative molestissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. troublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresome

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative molestus molesta molestum molestī molestae molesta
Genitive molestī molestae molestī molestōrum molestārum molestōrum
Dative molestō molestō molestīs
Accusative molestum molestam molestum molestōs molestās molesta
Ablative molestō molestā molestō molestīs
Vocative moleste molesta molestum molestī molestae molesta

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: molest
  • Italian: molesto
  • Portuguese: molesto
  • Spanish: molesto

References edit

  • molestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • molestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • molestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
    • to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid