complaint Copy link Outline I. A remonstrance1. quĕrēla2. quĕrĭmōnia (= querela3. questus, ūs (= preceding)II. Charge, accusation1. quĕrēla2. nōmen3. crīmen, crīmĭnātioIII. Disease • complaint: I. A remonstrance: 1. quĕrēla: a just c., q. justa, Ov.: Cic.: in pl. often of weak or unreasonable c.s; a letter full of c.s, epistola plena querelarum, Cic. 2. quĕrĭmōnia (= querela: v. Habicht, § 784; but prob. never used in the lighter sense of querelae as above): Cic.: Nep. 3. questus, ūs (= preceding): vain, i. e. useless c., vanus c., Phaedr.: to pour forth lavish c.s, in questus effundi, Tac.: he fills the sky with c.s, coelum questibus implet, Virg. See also, lamentation. II. Charge, accusation: 1. quĕrēla: to lodge a c. with any one, q. apud aliquem deferre, Cic. 2. nōmen: in phr. nomen deferre; prop. to report the name (of a person): Cic.: Tac. 3. crīmen, crīmĭnātio: v. accusation. III. Disease: q. v. Phr.: to relieve c.s of the lungs and bowels, pulmonis ac viscerum querelas levare, i. e. c.s arising from disease of them, Sen.