tiresome
tiresome
adj.
P. and V. βᾰρύ̆ς, ὀχληρός, λῡπηρός, δυσχερής, Ar. and P. χᾰλεπός ; see troublesome.
adj.
P. and V. βᾰρύ̆ς, ὀχληρός, λῡπηρός, δυσχερής, Ar. and P. χᾰλεπός ; see troublesome.
TIRESOME
laboriosus (PROP.): onerosus: molestus: importunus (figuratively). To be tiresome to anybody negotium facessere: negotium or molestiam exhibere alicui.
laboriosus (PROP.): onerosus: molestus: importunus (figuratively). To be tiresome to anybody negotium facessere: negotium or molestiam exhibere alicui.
tiresome:
1. lăbōriōsus (toilsome): a most t. task, opus laboriosissimum, Liv. 5, 19.
2. diffĭcĭlis (difficult, hard to deal with): nothing is so easy but that it is t. when you do it against your will, nulla est res tam facilis quin difficilis siet quam invitus facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1: a t. old man, d. senex, ib. 3, 2, 24.
3. mŏlestus (trying to the patience): don't be tiresome, molestus ne sies, Pl. Asin. 2, 4, 63: a laborious and t. task, labor operosus ac molestus, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.
4. importūnus (t. by being mal-a-propos): I own she is t. and troublesome, fateor eam esse importunam atque incommodam, Pl. Asin. 1, 1, 47. Phr.: a t. business, lentum negotium, Cic.: to be t. to any one, alicui negotium facessere, Cic.: molestiam afferre, Ter.: see what a tiresome old crone she is, importunitatem spectate aniculae, Ter. Andr. 1, 4, 4.
1. lăbōriōsus (toilsome): a most t. task, opus laboriosissimum, Liv. 5, 19.
2. diffĭcĭlis (difficult, hard to deal with): nothing is so easy but that it is t. when you do it against your will, nulla est res tam facilis quin difficilis siet quam invitus facias, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 1: a t. old man, d. senex, ib. 3, 2, 24.
3. mŏlestus (trying to the patience): don't be tiresome, molestus ne sies, Pl. Asin. 2, 4, 63: a laborious and t. task, labor operosus ac molestus, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.
4. importūnus (t. by being mal-a-propos): I own she is t. and troublesome, fateor eam esse importunam atque incommodam, Pl. Asin. 1, 1, 47. Phr.: a t. business, lentum negotium, Cic.: to be t. to any one, alicui negotium facessere, Cic.: molestiam afferre, Ter.: see what a tiresome old crone she is, importunitatem spectate aniculae, Ter. Andr. 1, 4, 4.