querulous
querulous
adj.
P. and V. δύσχολος, δῠσά̆ρεστος, δυσχερής, Ar. and V. πᾰλίγκοτος.
Be querulous, v.: Ar. and P. δυσκολαίνειν.
adj.
P. and V. δύσχολος, δῠσά̆ρεστος, δυσχερής, Ar. and V. πᾰλίγκοτος.
Be querulous, v.: Ar. and P. δυσκολαίνειν.
QUERULOUS
querulus queribundus: to be querulous conqueri: queri.
querulus queribundus: to be querulous conqueri: queri.
querulous:
1. quĕrŭlus: of persons: the old man exacting, q., (senex) difficilis, querulus, Hor. A. P. 173: (abstract) misfortune is q., nam et calamitas q. est et superba felicitas. Curt. 5, 5, 12: of the voice, cries, and sounds (both in usu. sense, and poet. for complaining and plaintive, q. v.): q. vox, Ov. A. A. 2, 308: q. cries, q. ululatus, cf. Implevique sacram querulis ululatibus Iden, id. H. 5, 73: esp. of shrill sounds (freq. in Latin, but rare in Eng., e. g. "As unoiled hinges querulously shrill," Young): v.SHRILL : cf. q. chordae (of the lyre), id. Am. 2, 4, 27: q. tibia, Hor. Od. 3, 7, 30: the q. cicalas, q. cicadae, Virg. G. 3, 328: esp. of young birds chirping in the nest: q. nidus volucrum, Ov. Med. fac. 77: her q. nest (or home), q. domus, Stat. Theb. 5, 602. Deriv. adj. quĕrŭlōsus (late and rare): cf. murmuratores q., Vulg. Epist. Jud. 16 ("murmurers, complainers," A. V.).
2. quĕrĭbundus: q. old age, q. senectus, Sil. 13, 583: in a loud q. tone, (= loudly complaining), magna et q. voce, (opp. to suppressa voce, with bated breath), Cic. Sull. 10, 30.
3. expr. by subs.: (1) quĕrēla, f.: an angry q. letter, epistola plena stomachi et querelarum, Cic. Q. F. 3, 8: (poet.) a q. song, or ditty, cf. longa somnum suadere querela, Stat. Th. 5, 616: to pour forth sweet q. strains, cf. dulcesque querelas, Tibia quas fundit, Lucr. 4, 585: cf. (of dying swans) tollunt lugubri voce q., id. ib. 547. (2) questus, ūs, m.: she pours forth her q. cries, effundit in aera questus, Ov. M. 9, 370: the q. strains (of the nightingale): cf. maestis late loca questibus implet, Virg. G. 4, 513 (coelum, id. Aen. 9, 480): cf. questu vano clamitare, Phaedr. 1, 9, 7. (3) quĕrĭmōnia, f.: q. complaints (of the vices of the age), tristes q., Hor. Od. 3, 24, 33 (cf. "the complaints of the querulous," Locke). (4) conquestio, f.: a q. recalling of past griefs, dolorum praeteritorum conq., Sen. Ep. 78.
4. exp. by the verbs quĕror, 3, dep.: conquĕror: v.TO COMPLAIN : COMPLAINING .
1. quĕrŭlus: of persons: the old man exacting, q., (senex) difficilis, querulus, Hor. A. P. 173: (abstract) misfortune is q., nam et calamitas q. est et superba felicitas. Curt. 5, 5, 12: of the voice, cries, and sounds (both in usu. sense, and poet. for complaining and plaintive, q. v.): q. vox, Ov. A. A. 2, 308: q. cries, q. ululatus, cf. Implevique sacram querulis ululatibus Iden, id. H. 5, 73: esp. of shrill sounds (freq. in Latin, but rare in Eng., e. g. "As unoiled hinges querulously shrill," Young): v.
2. quĕrĭbundus: q. old age, q. senectus, Sil. 13, 583: in a loud q. tone, (= loudly complaining), magna et q. voce, (opp. to suppressa voce, with bated breath), Cic. Sull. 10, 30.
3. expr. by subs.: (1) quĕrēla, f.: an angry q. letter, epistola plena stomachi et querelarum, Cic. Q. F. 3, 8: (poet.) a q. song, or ditty, cf. longa somnum suadere querela, Stat. Th. 5, 616: to pour forth sweet q. strains, cf. dulcesque querelas, Tibia quas fundit, Lucr. 4, 585: cf. (of dying swans) tollunt lugubri voce q., id. ib. 547. (2) questus, ūs, m.: she pours forth her q. cries, effundit in aera questus, Ov. M. 9, 370: the q. strains (of the nightingale): cf. maestis late loca questibus implet, Virg. G. 4, 513 (coelum, id. Aen. 9, 480): cf. questu vano clamitare, Phaedr. 1, 9, 7. (3) quĕrĭmōnia, f.: q. complaints (of the vices of the age), tristes q., Hor. Od. 3, 24, 33 (cf. "the complaints of the querulous," Locke). (4) conquestio, f.: a q. recalling of past griefs, dolorum praeteritorum conq., Sen. Ep. 78.
4. exp. by the verbs quĕror, 3, dep.: conquĕror: v.