trouble (v.) Copy link Outline I. To occasion trouble to any oneII. With pron. refl., to t. oneself, i. e. to take t. and pains about anythingIII. To disturb; disquiet1. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to disquiet)2. turbo, perturbo, 13. vexo, 1 (a strong termIV. In pass., to be t.d with something (esp. a complaint) • trouble (v.): I. To occasion trouble to any one: Phr.: molestiam alicui exhibere, afferre: t. preced. art. (I.). Or expr. by adj.: I should be sorry to t. you, nolim tibi molestus esse: v. troublesome. II. With pron. refl., to t. oneself, i. e. to take t. and pains about anything: cūro, 1 (to take care of, attend to): to t. oneself about other people's business, aliena negotia curare, Cic. Top. 17, 66: they don't t. themselves about anything except ..., praeter ... nihil curant, id. Fin. 4, 14, 36: don't t. yourself! aliud cura! Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 5. Not to t. oneself about ..., neglĭgo, exi, ctum, 3: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 66, fin., dii magna curant, parva negligunt: v. to attend to; and to neglect. Phr.: (I shall be glad) if you will help him, so far as you can without t.ing yourself, eum juveris, quod sine molestia tua fiat, Cic. Fam. 13, 23: in similar use, nisi molestum est: be so good as to stand up, if it is not t.ing you too much, tu autem, nisi m. est, exsurge, Cic. Clu. 60, fin.: or in declining a kindness, perh. benigne (I thank you kindly; but don't t. yourself!): cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16: I shall not t. myself about it, non ego laborem operamque meam in ea re ponam, consumam: v. preced. art. (I., 3). III. To disturb; disquiet: 1. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to disquiet): to t. the state, statum quietae civitatis s., Liv. 21, 10, fin.: so, s. pacem, id. 34, 16, extr.: oft. of the mind: to t. and distress any one, aliquem s. atque angere, Cic. Att. 1, 18. 2. turbo, perturbo, 1: v. to disturb. 3. vexo, 1 (a strong term: to treat with violence, as is done in war): cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 10, extr., quum bello vastabitur Italia, vexabuntur urbes: v. to harass. IV. In pass., to be t.d with something (esp. a complaint): lăbōro, 1 (esp. of maladies): to be t.d with gout in the feet, ex pedibus l., Cic. Fam. 9, 23: so, ex intestinis l., ib. 7, 26. May often be expr. by special verb or adj.: e. g. to be t.d with sickness, nauseare, Hor.: Cels.: to be t.d with fever, febricitare, Cels.: Cic.: t.d with dropsy, hydropicus, Hor.: with asthma, asthmaticus, Plin.: with stone, calculosus, Cels.: etc.: v. dropsy, fever, stone, etc. Also pass., to be t.d about anything, i. e. to be distressed or grieved: dŏleo; dolorem ex aliqua re capio: v. to grieve, vex. Phr.: he was not at all t.d (concerned) about that, nihil se ea re commoveri, Caes. B. G. 1, 40.