distress (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Suffering, affliction1. aerumna (defined by Cic. as, aegritudo laboriosa, i. e. suffering accompanied with trouble or affliction)2. mĭsĕria (often pl.)3. dŏlor, ōris (gen. term for suffering, of mind or body)4. mŏlestia (esp. in pl.)5. angustiae6. angor, ōris (acute, grief or suffering)II. Straitened circumstances1. angustiae, ārum2. ĕgestas3. ĭnŏpiaIII. Seizure of goods • distress (subs.): I. Suffering, affliction: 1. aerumna (defined by Cic. as, aegritudo laboriosa, i. e. suffering accompanied with trouble or affliction): what d. you have released me from, me ex quanta aerumna extraxeris, Ter. 2. mĭsĕria (often pl.): Cic.: v. affliction, misery. 3. dŏlor, ōris (gen. term for suffering, of mind or body): v. grief, pain. 4. mŏlestia (esp. in pl.): to relieve a person's d. (by reasoning with him), aliquem a molestiis abducere, Cic.: to recover from d. and anxiety, molestias et sollicitudines deponere, Cic.: v. vexation. 5. angustiae: v. straits, difficulty. 6. angor, ōris (acute, grief or suffering): Cic.: Suet. Phr.: to succour (troops) in d., laborantibus succurrere, Caes.: (v. to suffer): a cry of d., querela, ejulatio, vox miserabilis (v. lamentation); quiritatio and quiritatus: v. cry (IV. 5). II. Straitened circumstances: 1. angustiae, ārum: brought into circumstances of great d., in summas a. adductus, Cic.: also in sing., Tac.: v. difficulty, straits. 2. ĕgestas: v. destitution 3. ĭnŏpia: v. want. III. Seizure of goods: v. distraint.